Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - they rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!

(had the card in his wallet)...  

PROS:  Tenant could pay online;  My accounting is automatically done;  late fees automatically appliedCONS:  I have to pay $9 a month (not too bad because we have 3 tenants paying this way).My buddy uses Google Wallet which seems pretty easy and is FREE!

The local hardware store added the amount of die needed for a quart as opposed to a gallon. 

House still had a very nice kitchen with granite countertops, new roof, new windows, baths we redid master shower and vanity, the other 2 baths we just upgraded hardware, paint, tubs and vanities were good were good. ... house on 2.5 acres.

Your paint rep and hardware store owner will know all of the players.I get a few from bank contacts, but this isnt happening as much anymore because the banks I had relationships with got aquired.I send some targeted letters and have never gotten a deal from that.I got one deal from a neighbor at one of my rentals.

Also, many ATMs all over the world now dispense cash in local currency from Bitcoin wallets. 

We have a family business of hardware manufacturing in India and are now looking to expand our business in USA.

That's why I leave my wallet in the car!

Installation is $75/window in quantity in the Raleigh area (2 installers gave me that number) and the window (solid state hardware) itself was about $130.