I will say I asked each caller why they responded to my card. 1- responds to all mail regarding his properties2 - Timing5- it was handwritten, written on nice cardstock, something they didn't mind hanging on fridge/corkboardJust keep in mind depending on your goals, you don't have to spray and pray all over your city... you can do just find in smaller batches with a more concentrated effort.Cheers,Jake 

The best solution is to make sure the garbage is in can and secure where no rodents can get in ad try cleaning trash bin with bleach and spray with ammonia I heard that keeps rodents away.

Apartment done :)The sleeves are not cheap they are $175 + labor and misc material ($50.00 worth - spray foam insulation, some backer rod, new trim on interior)The AC Wall another few hundred  - total about $500.00 - but they have NEW AC and the building look way better, versus the crappy steel old sleeves that are beaten to crap.

The first roofing contractor proposed spraying over the existing roof with polyurethane foam.  

I would most definitely spray foam the basement walls. 

I couldn't see any way moisture was gathering at those places, so we just wiped the area down with a bleach cleaning spray (a shoutout for satin finish paint on rental walls!!)

While you are at it just buy his direct neighbors some pepper spray and tazers as "good tenant gifts".

Common utilities could cost 200-300/month, if your goal is to hold a long time and cashflow, split utilities make a huge difference, I think for some reason most renters don't look at this in their process.Watch the neighbors - an attached building can cause you major headaches....if the building next door gets cockroaches they will come over into your building and you may have to let tenants out of leases, because spraying your building won't get rid of them, and getting access to the other building may not be easy....I guess I don't have to tell you where this example came from.  

The cop said the best way to rid the nusiance is to buy pepper spray and spray on the ground.

Some of what was found:- glass in front of both crawl spaces (seemingly intentional)- all of the meters were spray painted over- some rooms were inaccessible due to the amount of trash/furniture in the way- registered sex offender on the propertyThankfully, we walked away.