Then would do the reverse post Winter and check the condition of the window and door screens as well.The elf would call each tenant to negotiate a good time for the on-site maintenance inspections, set the appointments, and post a legal "Notice to Enter" if necessary.At our 8-plex, once a week, the elf would clean the coin-op laundry room and wipe down the w/d machines, walk the premises to check on the tidiness of the grounds, check on the proper use of our garbage dumpster/recycle bins, and water the flower beds, shrubs and landscaping as needed.I would reserve my time and expertise for business financials, for nurturing the tenant-landlord relationship, and also for tenant move-ins and move-outs: advertising, screening, interviewing, showing, contracting, new tenant orientation, etc.

I am trying to specialize in energy efficient homes and I'm thinking that the thermal and moisture protection division will vary a lot due to differences in the climate the house is being built, precipitation, solar orientation of house, level of energy consciousness of buyer, price of solar pv, local source of recycled materials, additional labor to air seal and insulate correctly, etc. 

I can recycle the same money over and over and over...

Beth D.1) Concrete 2) Ceasar stone3) Corian {I'm not a fan}4) resin impregnated wood pulp5) There are a few countertops out there made from recycled materials (glass, cement, wood fibre) that look like stone, but can be cut with your table saw.

back then my mother used to have to get the powder milk and the government cheese.

This is a tired argument that has been recycled before.

We a had that discussion.Our system is messed up, Republicans want to talk about food stamps and milk programs for babies and the Dems are yelling about the welfare to Exon!

They use the normal collection cycle to milk you out of a couple grand and then they are on to the next one.

Then you would need about 900k plus cash to invest.If you keep recycling some of the capital instead of holding in one or two investments then you could take 1 or 2 of so many properties and hold while reselling others.I have clients that own commercial properties but they might be worth 5, 10 million bucks etc. so they can put down 1 million  on something and be happy about 6 or 7%.Starting out most investors take on headache type SFR residential and other properties because they need to make bigger pops off of less money to start with.On having a car yes they can depreciate.

To a  degree in other states people recycle and do other little things but most will not turn their life upside down to live like the greenies do.California has lot's of issues as a state but you can see trends on some things for early adopters.