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There is so much advice and noise from the "experienced" investor it can be hard for new investors to sort through it.

While it might just be my personal bias, moving into a neighborhood with a lot of construction wouldn't appeal to me as a renter as I'd have to deal with disruptions, dirt/mud, noise. 

I can honestly say that neither me nor any one of my staff has ever fielded a call from the lawn mowers in unit 106 about the noise the classic car in unit 107 is making.  

Meanwhile the back ground noise in the call center drowns out the person that you are speaking with.

They don't get to sabre-rattle, threatening legal action and still maintain the same relationship with you.  

You could also fight and argue with them for 20 hours a week, stay up at night figuring out strategy, thinking of witnesses and asking neighbors for statements about the height of the grass and noise of the dog.

What worked best for me was getting out of the office, driving around my town (picked up a map from the Visitor's Center, and marked off streets as I went down them), looking for run-down properties, calling listing agent's on signs, and quite honestly just going out making some noise.

If anything it might offer more privacy and less noise for all parties.

It's hard to make it through the noise.