One problem is; some people can breathe asbestos into their lungs every day in large quantities and they never had an adverse effect and some people only need to breath in a small amount of asbestos and they do have a serious adverse effect.You don't have the moral right to tell someone there is no asbestos in a hope without testing and the problem with this world goes back to the previous paragraph where homeowners and contractors tell their workers testing is not necessary, tell them their is no asbestos without testing and tell their workers not to worry.Here is a link about homes built in the early 1900's and an image from the link.https://www.greenbuildingadvis...Two if the images below are from business website I have since I am a licensed asbestos abatement contractor.I took the picture of the pictures with the two gravity furnaces in a home built in Beverly Hills that was built around 1908 and that was not the first year those furnaces were manufactured and installed.

Ultimately we in the real estate market are benefited by people not losing their homes in mass quantities.

Costar is very expensive and I'm willing to compromise some on quality/quantity of data for a lower price.

For example your nightly rates, leveraging cleaning fees as secondary cash flow, overall guest experience, quality/quantity of photos, and property condition.

So Cal has everything for every RE investor, just more quantities of one type over another at different times.

There is more to investing than how many properties you have-ie quality vs quantity. 

.* Create a spreadsheet that is regularly updated with Home Depot Pricing, then when you look at the house, you can plug in quantity of things you need, to estimate repair costs.

It's all about quality v quantity, right? 

If you read through a couple posts in the thread you will see that I already have a detailed spreadsheet set up showing that these properties are my low performers and that I am considering exchanging them into lesser quantity, higher quality units.

Mercury tanning facility, etc...Pay attention to this upfront>>>Quality, quantity and availability of well water, soil perk sample from around the site, availability of LP year round, availability of cellular, and internet.Pay attention to this upfront>>>How far (cost and time) will it be to run electric to the site, and how much electric can the power company provide without having to make major super costly improvements (that they will charge you for in cash upfront before doing the work).