You build a Buyer pool relatively quickly, and the cool thing is that you aren't begging them for business, but rather THEY are coming to YOU to help them.Keller WIlliams has a great training program called IGNITE, that helps you focus on hitting the ground running (thus the obvious title). 

@Lori Guse @Felix GoinsKeller Williams is the place for training and getting you positioned to ignite your business. 

(The tech was also watching it with the pressure gauges they usually use, and he commented that it closed the valve right at the pressure he was expecting.)The maintenance things I have had to do with them include: replacing the igniter on a gas furnace (about every 6-10 years, $30 for the part), replacing the run capacitor on the outside unit (once in about 15 years, about $30 for the part), replacing a fuse (once in about 10 years, about $5 for the fuse). 

I've just started researching the real estate market in Denver today actually and my goal is to have the greater Denver / Boulder area mapped out as far as neighborhoods/rents/market conditions before I turn the key in the ignition to head out west.

My advice...Look into Keller Williams and take their ignite program.

Just wanted to re-ignite this thread.. has anyone worked with any quality property management companies in / around the Boston area?

they could really ignite certain parts of the region depending on what they choose...I feel like VA near their data centers would be a easy choice - cheap and w/ incentives.

I'm just digging up some old posts here and trying to re-ignite things a bit.

If you have a steam heating system now that would work if the power fails provided you have a standing pilot light or one that ignites from a battery backup.

I usually change out the old pilot stoves for electronic ignition stoves when I get complaint on the gas smell.