Eg before the sun comes up (or when she goes to bed), closing all curtains or blinds in the east and south facing windows (and later on the west facing ones) to keep the sun out; opening windows once it has cooled down at night and early in the morning (eg before 8 am)? 

Moving forward blindly on that deal would have put our investors money at risk, which isn't an option, so WE took a $60k haircut to prevent that.

Annual registrations, point of sale inspections, turning a blind eye to the most awful owner occupied housing while being overly strict to investment properties, courts that continue to drag out the eviction process; excruciatingly slow, laborious, and expensive permit processes; evictions that continue to be granted one extension after the next... these are the difficulties you run into in those cities. 

I am changing out the older cellular shades in our place with standard 2" Levelor blinds from Lowe's.

Good job on your part slowing down and not getting blinded by the huge return.1.

Don’t just blindly trust their online presence, but it can certainly help.QUESTION #7: WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS PLAN?

We have one that just went live today and with the heat wave we are in - close to 100F - it would be nice but what we found was one window unit upstairs, blinds down and ceiling fans on makes it not bad up there. 

I'm never one to take the advice of someone blindly, I always want to know the why.

I know there are things I need to fix before I move out, like the toilet seat and the blinds, but I can't pay for those right now so I will pay you back some time after I am settled in my new place!  

Any sort of surface damage: holes in drywall, carpet stains, damaged blinds, etc. 10.