Turns out an elderly lady walked through, tripped on a root, and sued.While I emphasize with the lady, I wouldn'thave given her a penny.

It wasn't until I walked into the front door of 623 Webster St this morning that I realized this area, my old friends down the street and Audubon Park are rooted in me and my connection to living in New Orleans.As past landlords, professional references, associates and my peers will attest, I treat my home and living space with utmost respect and cleanliness and promise to do the same with your home.I'm a people person at heart and give you my word to be a respectful neighbor and friend to families on Webster Street.If there’s anything else you need from me, please don't hesitate to ask.

Agreed, although I'm definitely rooting for OP, this doesn't sit well in the near term.

They are supposed to root out bogus ESAs.

Lots of great local groups around, each with pros and cons:TRIG: meetups once/month, paid membership, tons of local rooted investorshttps://www.trigofva.com/Hampton Roads Investor Group: Free, hosted by Investor/Agents on the THiNK RE Teamhttps://www.facebook.com/group...ReSolve Meetup:https://www.facebook.com/REsol...Hop-portunity Investing:https://www.facebook.com/hoppo...

There is a root to the why and that's driven through the passion for something.  

I think we at some point come to the understanding that we can’t control what others think or say about us because a lot of those perceptions are rooted in the other person’s own saboteurs and judgments and comparisons.

You can use the write-offs from syndication against the returns you get from investing in them, and you can also use them against the other rental income you collect on your existing properties if you decide to keep them.We're all rooting for you!!

I'm rooting for you!

I just think of myself as an office-based property manager.The keys for me: -local roots from growing up there (although I moved away 20 years ago)-networking from rehabs; you end up meeting lots of people during rehabs that are not good contractors but are good at doing certain things, such as cutting grass, handyman, key management, photos, etc; i've even asked contractors for reliable low level guys looking to hustle extra money-use of technology; email, software, spreadsheets, postlets, google voice mail, google earth, e-journals, redfin, Internet cameras, lockboxes-gut feel; sometimes you close your eyes and hope for the best after doing your homework; don't always tell people you are out of state, use a local phone number