Nothing prevents you from driving by the property and observing what you see.

@Paul Schu That seems to be what I have observed as well. 

I'd be open to any collective wisdom or observations about the market: what are the growing B-class areas?  

A couple observations. 1.

I did make an observation that finding properties with a 10% cap rate is hard, since most of the places I've been looking have had cap rates around 5%, but that's not the same thing as saying I'm going to make a low offer.Thank you for your advise on asking for better records of annual expenses.

I've observed that a degree is useful in either one of two ways: Either you get a specific technical degree (engineering, accounting, something like that where you have to have the skills/knowledge to do the work), or you get a job that just requires the "College Degree?"

If you do have a problem and have the tank pumped the technician can tell if the tenants have abused the system by observing what is in the tank. 

Keep in mind that probably every group does it a bit differently; this is all my own observations and opinions.The meeting is held once a month at a local hotel, in one of the bigger conference rooms.  

He observed tenants work van can be unloaded of tenants tools and then employer drove work van away. 

An observant eye?