And I tried desperately to do an internet search for my area but nothing comes up.

Much respect for your DH who is a school teacher... we are a society in desperate need of people with hearts to teach.

If a Seller is desperate enough, they will do anything.

It is like everything else, desperate times brings out desperate people.Stagers are definitely taking protective measures to safeguard their stuff.

Code violations is a great niche to "mine" because there is very little competition, the sellers are desperate to sell (and very easy to work with) and they have multiple properties (repeat business!).

That's desperate territory.

A card is not designed to translate or hold your credibility.The more you cram on the card the more desperate and thus less credible you look.You put your intentions on the card.

If you have not been around lowlifes and people that are desperate you probably can be taken advantage of by them.  

The remaining 10% in five years 80% of those are gone.So on the residential side at least you have a lot of desperate agents wanting to make a quick buck to pay their bills.

It sounds as if your unit is in desperate need of an update, and Scott Williams was right, if you want quality tenants you need quality space.