Important things to check include opening and closing every cabinet, looking under sinks, pushing on doors and cabinets, and checking commonly used areas.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

Every “resume” is going to be biased to make the individual look better than they are, but a hard reading and further research should uncover some hard facts.To include some humor, here are some “facts” I’ve seen provided on syndicators websites, and what I think the reality is1.

It's the unfortunate reality of real estate investing.

I’m not trying to rain on anything here but the reality is that measuring Btus delivered to individual units via airflow is by its very nature imprecise - if you want to know why, read on...The size and length of the ductwork is but one factor ( of many) that will yield energy losses while that warm air is being moved to your units.

And yes, sad that cash flow seems to be an elusive reality right now, but I'm optimistic that it will be a possibility in the future.

Managers can take a big cut.I addition I would like to share a few realities with you.  

I had a new tenant move in and about 3 weeks later say the sprayer on the sink was broken.

This is the harsh reality (at least for me) to get where you want to be.

My realtor and I recently put a cash offer  on a house, but in reality I plan to fund it with hard money.