No Realtor fees, no newspaper advertising fees.

Of course now they are in the newspaper and BUSTED.

I did not advertise it at all on craigslist, in newspapers, or with a sign.

Steve that was not a commercial broker to me that you had before.A leasing broker should be a leasing broker period.A sales negotiator should do the purchase and sale.There are brokers that do both but people at the height of their game only do one thing for the most part.You can have a generalist that does 2 things or have 2 specialists working for you that do separate things.The broker wanted the sale to make a big commission so was scaring tenants away.No tenant will want to make an investment into a space knowing they will be moving right away.You can have language in your leases allowing you the right to terminate early but not giving away you are selling for development.Ultimately after the lease is signed they will find out in the newspaper etc. when word of the project comes up.Your previous broker was not doing their fiduciary duty to put you first as a client.

He then asks if I can get a local newspaper, so we can look at the classifieds.

Check out local real estate blogs, property management company web pages and more general type publications like newspapers.

I'm guessing you've done the basics of using different death records services online and the newspapers obit records at the local library?

Consider how this could be spun in a newspaper story.

The local newspaper said Portland down 4% year over year but somebody on BP posted something saying down 1.6%.Our apartment market is on fire and large new developments are filling as fast as they can build them.We have among the lowest vacancies in the country with 3.1% in apartments.Cap rates went from 6.1% in 2008 to 6.8% in 2009 and 2010 and 6.86% for first half 2011.Housing prices down 28% from peak August 2007.

In the meantime I started marketing the house with for rent signs, news paper ads, Craigslist, and several other internet sites.