When tackling a big job, especially on an old house, I include demo labor "to fill X number of dumpsters"One time we ended up tearing out a house that had drywall.Behind the drywall was plaster board.Behind the plaster board was plaster and lathe.After we hit the plaster board, we drilled a core sample in a few rooms and realized... yeah, it's everywhere.

There are a number of listing agents who will not respond to an inquiry from a non agent.Also keep in mind that if the body of your email is the same on all 50, it could wind up in someone's spam folder...so a follow up call may be needed.

You are spamming the forums. 

Lots of questions here so I am only going to tackle a few of them.

I recently contacted a 4-unit owner about his intetest in selling his rental property. this is an off market deal. below is what i got in response. any advice on what steps/actions on how to tackle this?

They arnt cheap, but they will tackle weird smells, mold and smoke like nobody's business Just don't breathe the stuff.

Tyler,Would love to learn more about your ideas for expanding and tackling bigger deals. 

Rent is pretty solid, and unit will need about $15k of upgrades to get a premium rent, and I just don’t want to tackle it right now. 

Paint, flooring, new bathrooms and kitchens are kind of what I'm expecting to have to tackle - as well as landscaping.I have done some preliminary searches in my area for fixers in the $80k and under sales price range and right now through realtor.com I have found at least 170 properties listed.  

Like the guy above me in this thread, gaston county would be a great market to tackle too!!