Often for free.

As a former/ sometimes still carpenter (on my own properties only now) also working as an agent, I am often surprised at how little certain inspectors know.

Microsoft Excel, and most budget or free online bookkeeping isn't going to cut it in this situation.For the rental properties you own directly, I often tell clients and prospects that a P&L in Microsoft Excel is just fine and a balance sheet is not necessary for tax purposes. 

While this isn't a hard and fast rule, more often then not, these are the guys that can't manage their schedules well, and will be gung-ho on your job for a couple weeks, then be flaking out as they picked up too much work and are trying to keep too many homeowners happy.And lastly, the more detail you have the better the bid will be with few change orders.  

While this can be appealing for short-term liquidity without immediate monthly payments, it often comes at the cost of significant equity upon sale.

Closet not always necessary: While a closet is often considered a bedroom feature, it's not always required by building codes to classify a room as a bedroom.

We have talked about parking availabilty in another thread, and it is an often overlooked amenity whose lack can torpedo an MTR's success.

Finding handymen is NEVER easy:( Often, you have to use trial & error method and weed through several before finding one that is acceptably (never pefect) reliable, quality, will fix warranty issues and has decent prices.Try visiting a Home Depot 6-8am on a Saturday.

If I don’t hear from you in the next 10 minutes, I will assume you aren’t attending and I will move on to my next appointment.Using this system as dramatically reduced any wasted time I used to endure as part of the showing process as well as giving me data about their timeliness/responsiveness/respect for others' time.I often schedule several viewings at a time, 15 minutes apart. 

Often the owners are active in selling and trading with other arcades and you can slide right in and purchase one they’ve been trying to sell or trade.What games are you looking for?