Physically mailing these letters that include visual imagery can resonate better than being lost in email inboxes.Having a folder of saved templates for common forms such as leases, renewals, rent increases, inherited tenants, move in/move out reports, lead paint disclosures, etc. help expedite preparing these as they are usually the same few forms that are continually repeated.Protest property taxes yearly.

You can read more about my experience here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/850/topics/759279-building-adu-in-san-jose-california3D visualization of my ADU: https://my.matterport.com/mode...On Dec. 17, 2019, the San Jose City Council approved easing ADU requirements to align with new state laws.

What I would do instead is arrange for a contractor who is familiar with lead abatement to do a walkthrough of the house, or at least whatever areas are easily accessible, and have them do a visual size-up of the property.

I have lived through furnaces being stolen from the property, water heaters taken, siding removed from  the houses that had siding,   Copper pipes being ripped out of our houses, to Ministers who rented our homes saying they could visualize themselves living there forever, but inside meaning to never pay the rent of course.

Even if the issue is on 2 properties out of 10, well they maybe exactly those rare opportunities that other investors overlooled.Same for Airdna or mashvisor.These tools are even dangerous because they present the results in such a nice professional way that a novice investor will trust the quality of the visuals, regardless of the quality of the underlying data that they ignore. 

It helps me look at the year and read down that column to see what the returns were to visually compare.What I wanted to do and what I started out doing was trying to figure a way to include my additional payments I make since I don't conform to just paying the standard principal amount.

If you need a visual, go to any amortization table and see how each month the interest and principal is allocated, and how it shifts after year 5, 10, 20....and so forth. 

If you can't surround yourself with them physically (the best option) at least surround yourself with them visually  and emotionally.

They finally came back with the following:“At this point we would just need you to apply for a “Special Inspection” at our office for visual “certification” of the existing structures.”I am curious what this sort of “visual certification” entails.

Hmmm, I am a planner, I am visualizer, I throw a million ideas on the wall and attempt what I can.