Then you adapt or discard the ideas as fits your needs. 

Cigarette butts discarded on the property: Look around the exterior grounds, especially where cars park and at the front door step; look through the floor registers for any butts that slipped into the heating duct. 2.

My thoughts are:- pick towns that I know well- houses built before 1960 - last sale date more than 20 years agoI then take a look at the property photo to make sure it needs work, and then automatically discard properties transaction histories that indicate recent activity (such as moving into a trust).I'm going to send out about 250 handwritten letters.Any comments from anyone who has been successful with "free and clear"?

I ended up discarding the building as a potential deal.

I've seen many deals where the seller thinks they will get a better offer than the initial one, discard it, only to find out, no other subsequent offer is better than the one they let go.

We've already discarded the LLC option after finding out the difficulties of getting a loan so our only choice seems to be the TIC option.

You do need to raise enough capital for sustained campaigns since people discard a lot of the initial mailings.

Another issue is to know when a rule is applicable; like the 1% rule is insane in California, so discard it and do the best you can.Finding income is seldomly difficult, but the totla expenses come by asking "are there any others I've left out" after showing BP those you have considered.

Can I discard it (hate to sound callous)...

Namely: 1) Asbestos levels aren't above the "dangerous level" but will be there, if they continue to rise. 2) There used to be a dry cleaner on the property who may have not discarded of hazardous waste effectively.