So I cannot do as Michael suggests (neither can he, with any tenant over 62.)All that said, while I am very pro-pet, 4 animals for a renter is a concern to me.  

now that is an entirely different animal and quite complicated and many rules and regulations to follow with the new laws..  

She also claims people and animals are going in and out of her apartment.

After speaking to Animal Control, I instructed the tenant that I was told she would have to be the one to call to complain before Animal Control could do anything.

We need to think like hunters and not like herd animals.

My properties are pet friendly, but I do have very hard regulations regarding animals, plus rent, deposit, and all other good stuff. 

I am able to calculate flips very well but rentals are a totally different animal so I wanted to see what the BP community thinks. 

It's a different animal for an agent to receive minimum investment criteria from an investor and have the insight, local knowledge, and investment experience to find that investor what they are looking for.

In a recent project of ours, we found ourselves dealing with hoarders, animal and human filth, and years of neglect.  

Feeling my way through this, I have an interest mult family buildings down the road but for now i wish to buy and sell, hold some that are worth holding.I need to refer to something that will help me put things in perspective, any suggestions to any online resource that serves as a guide for those that are trying to put together a real estate investing plan, a guide that will help me ask myself questions that I should be asking myself and about market conditions, etcccI believe and could be wrong, but based on market conditions I should be looking at what is hot right now and make decisions based on this that would help me achieve my buy and flip goals to accumulate capital for further investing into multifamily properties in new york or tristate area of nyc.Can you give an example of 1 or 2 business models that short sales or reos would be inline with ones business model.I take a position of humility here, although involved in another aspect of real estate which was mortgages and private money, this is whole different animal and new terrain I am exploring and being careful I am not eaten by the lions in the jungle to quickly before I start crawling...So my position is ..be humble and open to those whom have already experience in this investing, so I guess to put it bluntly not sure about this business model thing and how to go about ensuring I do the right things to put one together that makes sense for my area of nyc, this is a different jungle and not sure how this it really differ from other investors located in other jungles around the county...unsure about this as well.....