Quote from @Paul DoCampo: They're are fighting cold sms... ecommerce, real estate, etc using it as a marketing tool for their responded data base (those that said "yes you can market to me") is allowed and encouraged by carriers.Quote from @Gustavo Munoz Castro: Quote from @Paul DoCampo: Are people still trying cold SMS for lead gen?

By doing so it will encourage them and that will benefit you and them. 

Im torn between something that is turn key with encouraging rent potential v something old that needs a lot of work but can become 2 units, however not the best neighborhoods.Lastly, but very important-  If in either scenario price jumps to $380k with 15% down does this become not as profitable?

@Kenneth P Ford they are a national franchise with great marketing.They also have some national support for their individual franchises, but it all depends on the local team.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I get the 'professional silence', and have been told imperiously by other landlords that I should just not respond and ignore rambling, and responses definitely encourage more.However I find I have tenants that demand attention, if I don't answer they continue to get louder and angrier, and begin trying to come up with ways to force me to answer and get involved.  

Any thoughts on which way to go because we don't need the break in alarm but we definitely want video cameras to try and encourage the people doing rotten things to stay away.  

Hopefully this encouragement helps, but welcome to the community, lots of a really smart and great people here. 

So after further research, I found this great publication from 1980 on Encouraging Energy Conservation in Multifamily Properties that talks very in depth about RUBS.

Anyway, any advice or worlds of encouragement you could shoot my way would be great, as invetsors have always  told me “the first one is the hardest”I look forward to connecting with you all and look forward to learning and growing in this business !

@Michael CliffordRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.