You can find plenty of people to sign up and become a bird dog, but 95% of those people will never communicate with you, and out of the 5% that do, only a few give you any decent leads.

Communication is the key to making this transition less stressful.

My tenants almost always communicate any maintenance issues via email.

I've worked in situations where one spouse was "in charge" of communication and it seems that if there is any issues with the marriage, that definitely won't work.

Vicky - I would say it depends on if they are communicating with you or not and if they are being respectful, but are having difficulty always playing catch up.

I am in communication with one prospective tenants who submitted an application.

This comes in handy when driving or multi-tasking and has been a nice tool for me and my business partner to communicate.

I don't know how often they would have to communicate, if at all.

Investors should be in communication with their tax pro all during the year.

If, as Curt stated, during the sales process they are communicating actual numbers they their typical investors achieve in Memphis, then the assumption that costs are being ignored would be inaccurate.