It will be an uphill battle for me to get a position in the area but I have confidence that I can.If anyone has any key questions to ask the brokers that will help me decide the best brokerage for my skill set.

If the attorney says no to a BFD and then doing a lease-option to your tenant, that attorney can see far down the road to the blast area, they can judge your competence quickly and if you're not up to the battles that may come, they will or should keep you off the battle field!

From Gordon Gekko to Bernie Sanders to The Wolf of Wall Street, Main Street has continued to cry foul and yet bonuses are as big as ever, even after the taxpayers bailed out the banks.

She said she smelled drugs, saw people passed out in one unit and in another unit there was dog crap and urine on the floor.

I hear ya on Inner city Charleston though the main issue there is so many buggered up title issues you can spend all the money on marketing get what you think is a screaming deal and the title is so fouled up it will cost 5 to 10k to clear up and take years.

@Mark Nolan - I appreciate the words  @Guyoz Golan maybe I should watch some re-runs for tips on going to battle :) - thanks for the comment!

They have to be emptied regularly and should be lined with plastic bags or else spilled sodas, gunky stuff etc will make them smell.  

Answering the phone is half the battle in real estate no matter what you are doing.

Anybody with a good pair of gloves and a really limited sense of smell maybe. :-)I don't think you'd be required to get any special chemical hazard company to deal with that though.

I have a duplex in Stockton CA and just rented to a young lady who complained of the smell of gas.