I looked up in the county records and that entire block is owned by the Housing Authority, so how are they separating a few buildings out??

Let him know that I didn't authorize the work and so offer to just pay him his service call fee?

You will need to grant him access or authorize a family member/friend to pick up his stuff. 

You don't have any authority unless it's in the contract.

I think in most states it is illegal to bill tenants for water because you need to be a legal authorized water purveyor.

Then, the Ghost Writers us the little information he gives and the Ghost Writes go through books written by other authors and they re-write exactly what every other book Ghost Writer is writing.The problem with every book written for real estate investing is it is very clear to see that the authors want ti fill the book with crap so they can get the crap to fill 150+ pages.

Reach out to the local housing authority regarding what is max possible rent for the specific property you're looking at. 

Tenants left the washer valves on when moving out causing serious damage when Water Authority turned the water back on. 1) Tenants disconnected the water a week before the move-out date without informing my PM.

another big "it depends" item is washer and dryer connections, not having that will make the property a very sub-par-dated property for example. at the end of the day, the biggest driver is:its rental income and cost of management and if tenants are good payerscost of maintenanceand in Texas (lots of places in Texas experience this), an appraisal district can torpedo local sales prices by harassing us very high values, making more owners want to sell and get the hell away from them.. many taxing authorities net more off an apartment property than some of the apartment owners around here... just saying that is a real factor you have to consider always but often over lookedand insurance, we got hurricanes really screwing us over on insurance, that will drive down values too

USAA is listed as a Venmo partner but it seems you have to authorize it through customer service as I haven’t been able to do it myself.