Kishora -- Anytime we've had holdups in permits I email (generally, they're very responsive), and I tend to take the "I'm trying to get insight into the objection item, and how can we help" tone, and usually, I find a willing partner on the other end of the phone.  10-12 weeks is a while, usually, its running 4-6 weeks for the last few builds we've done. 

Renegotiating some utility contracts (garbage and removing some on site office paid internet/phone bills) 5.

I've also talked to a couple of experienced investors on the phone and I will be forever grateful to their advice and for helping me out without charging me thousands of dollars for a coaching program. 

Unsolicited phone call offering to buy a condo I own 500 miles away in Texas panhandle.  

Even my mentor at that time and this was 15 years ago, tried getting on the phone with them.

Cards and board games for older kids but they will all have tablets or phones unfortunately. 

@Michael BertschAs a general rule, we only leave a fireplace functional unless it has a sealed, externally vented, gas insert ... and, even then we may disconnect it.Check with your insurance provider and see how unhappy a functional fireplace in a rental makes them.

Jessica, we do have thousands of organic likes on Facebook and have been in business since 2007, please Google us, we are no allowed to ad links nor phone numbers on here. 

After my initial email contact with my mentor I wrote out a list of questions for our phone call and we worked our way through them during our call.

I'd be happy to hop on a phone call with you to run through it.