Although I would not expect you to pay for compaction testing/verification, I would make it a point to monitor the backfilling operations and direct the excavator to recompact the soils in to 6 to 8 inch lifts coming back up.

Lots of options on the market now for remote monitoring and tracking, though not sure how accurate they are versus traditional sub metering.

In an ideal situation, you will monitor the cracks over a period of time to determine if active movement is happening or not.

We basically hire and monitor the contracts and progress of local contractors to do work for the base.

Some use security cameras to monitor their properties from another state.

I just saw it today, I thought I was monitoring this topic and didn't think anyone replied since I didn't get a notification.@ Ben...I did the same thing with a couple other agents and they weren't investor savvy.

I have been monitoring the Milwaukee market and still see enough out there to warrant investments (in rental properties, not necessarily flips).But if one strategy starts not working, you just have to find another one.

It took us a little while to get with the times, but I think we're there now . . .On Monitored Topics email notifications, you can now jump directly to the most recent post in that thread.

Basically, all I did was market for the sellers list and from there, I just monitor a lead's progress until the deal closes.I do this kind of set up for different areas outside of my state but my biggest and most consistent market is Philadelphia.

Or they could just monitor for deals that fell through due to financing and snag them for themselves.