You should also practice your elevator pitch on your business.  

But did not recommend doing that to perfectly healthy trees.I decided to have them do some elevation trimming for $100 (basically what they can cut back while standing on the ground with a pole) and she can cut back more if she wants.Thanks for all of the input.  

Now that time you get back can be spent elevating your day job/career, other investment opportunities, or simply add to time spent with family which as we all get older seems to be more valuable then the first two options.Reach out anytime if you want to discuss in more detail what you need to look for in taking the first step into handing off a property or two.  

The HOA fee went up 3 times in the 2.5 years I lived there on top of special assessment to repair an old elevator (not replace it with a new elevator which probably would have cost more).

We also had a special assessment of $1600 to fix an old elevator (not replace it). 

We're just here to help elevate the industry and glad you're a part of it man. 

It's a somewhat unusual setting in that these duplexes are sitting on a block, that is very highly elevated from the street.

You may not have been on their radar before that meeting, but with a successful pitch, you can quickly get them to see you as an asset.Develop Your Elevator PitchWhen you identify your target contacts, you need to quickly communicate your ideas.

Well there are 2 different kinds of renovation. 1- "renovating" due to deferred maintenance and neglect just to keep the property up to standards.2- renovating to bring in a new class of renters and to elevate the property to a new level.It sounds like you are in position 1 where you can't rent the apartments out due to their poor shape.

I am contemplating doing an elevation survey and possibly a LOMA since the flood zone starts in the middle of the street --literally about 10-15 yards from the front door.