We did not check for open orders from the city prior to closing, but we called the city when we took over and they made it just seem like it was a routine house in need of repair.

We routinely see a home that rents for $1300+ go for 1150-1200 in the winter and take longer to get a tenant at the lower rate.

Same routine as a bank if they are actually foreclosing.

Is this really something that you want to deal with routinely?

Be sure to try Postlets as well, it seems to be working better for a lot of folks, although I'm not sure if that's the case here in Denver.I'm no wholesaler, so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm on one guy's list who routinely sends out Denver deals at 80-85% these days.

I couldn't have done either of those, so the cost wasn't 100% loss.But at any rate, I am now adding "clean coils inside the air handler" to my routine when I prepare a vacant unit.

In the upstream oil business we would routinely buy mom and pop small businesses for a multiple of EBITDA based on the stability, scalability, and transferability of the revenue.

This would include routine inspections, obtaining and qualifying tenants, managing tenant issues and routine maintenance, making mortgage and insurance payments, locating qualified vendors for repairs and capital improvements, then coordinating, monitoring, and paying them.

Of course, there are also routine capital type projects, like replacing a roof or painting a building.

I would say try to slowly incorporate it into your daily routine.