The second approach is “emerging growth opportunities†where value investors uncover external economic or market activities that are expected to lead to growing opportunities in the long term.

In 1946, lead pipe should not have been used;drum traps;unvented fixtures;cast-iron sewer main which is near, or at, end-of-life.General:Asbestos - in flooring (9x9 tiles); drywall mud; pipe wrap; external siding;rock board / plaster board - drywall was still a relatively "new" thing and some of the early iterations were hard boards intended to replace lath as a substrate for plaster;barker board - common in kitchens and bathrooms;gypsum wool insulation  - paper-backed insulation batts spun from molten rock and slag.  

Then why not make your team sit together and do a collective brainstorming to generate a wide array of ideas.It is a centre stage act that creative brainstorming should take place to solve a significant internal or external challenge.

They get first shot when a consumer goes to buy thier first few policies because the consumer has not been exposed to or can find the other options.I can not post external link, but if you google Insurance Journal top 100 brokers, you will get the annual lists.Keep in mind that some of the brokers on the list are insuring companies like Amazon, FedEx, Ford, Google, etc.  

I may selectively cold call after 'driving for dollars' or kind of hand picking properties that may work well. 

Unless I get an external manager to handle it and buy it through an LLC?

However, if you are buying down the rate with your own funds, you will definitely want to look at the break even point and consider a few external market factors. 

Reason is probably just an error, maybe internal as opposed to external measurements.

@Bob Bowling I actually agree with you that any advertised or external cap rate is close to useless.

Hi, first time on Bigger Pockets came across the site purely by accident.My problem is this I currently have a property management company in place and have been with them for over 4 years over the last 3 years we have not really made a return on our investment due to what can only be described as a high volume of repairs which are carried out  by the conpany and not with external contractors.