Hi Zach,I don't live in my market so I rely on PMs for ground pounding.

Be patient and keep pounding!

I'm not going to allow a 100 pound woman to move in with 2 175 pound Mastiffs, or someone with a chihauhau to move in to a joined house with another tenant.

Get the "800 pound gorilla" out of the way and the rest is a breeze.One of my earliest adopted mentors taught me this about prioritizing: instead of "first" things first, "feared things first".

Stocks have all taken a pounding and who knows how much lower it's going to go.

Tools and equipment are usually easy sells,quantities of brass or copper can be sold for scrap by the pound. 

Going on 4 years, NEVER late and by far pound for pound the best I ever had.

There are still some travel agents around even with the likes of Expedia and Kayak, so no, real estate agents won't become obsolete, and I think real estate agents can provide more value in the future than travel agents can because a home purchase is a much bigger deal than a trip and people don't want to be penny-wise and pound-foolish (for the most part).

Talk to people in the neighbourhood....simply ask them "do you happen to know what rents are like around here".A bit of time spent "pounding the pavement" and you should have a pretty good idea about rent.  

Their pet restrictions are under 40 pounds for some, 25 pounds for others, and no pit bulls period.