Anyone could have done this, but not enough small-scale real estate investors were willing to do the thankless, unpaid researching it typically entails.The basis of the three- and four-fold appreciation of my target area in the last ten years is largely due to the expiration of that tax scheme.

Wash/dry/fold services could be added and are wanted by customer base.

IMO, the problem with this is two fold.

Finally it is reviewed twice, once by the CPA who manages the client relstiomship and knows the "going ons" and secondly by a technical reviewer.The reason is two fold.

Another difference I've seen is the number of people who respond to the mail piece only to tell you to take them off your list is several fold higher in the Bay Area than in other markets I'm familiar with.  

So get your cash out and put into a good one, where that deal can recover the lost money and make more.You wouldn't keep putting chips into a bad hand in Poker, you'd fold. 

My question is two fold:1 - has anyone ever paid for a contractor's time for site visit/scope of work/repair estimate? 

Over the past weekend, my wife and I printed, folded, and mailed 500 direct yellow letters out to absentee owners.

The people who attend, although they pay a lot of money, all get it back three fold IMO. 

I believe the reason is two fold: Main reason is that in his market, the price points are much lower which makes it more difficult to deliver good spreads.