I am a huge New England sports fan, music lover/musician as well as a sport car enthusiast.  

Be enthusiastic and nice in your first message, in all subsequent responses, in your first face-to-face interaction and in any phone calls/texts you have during your guests' stay.

I have been a stay at home mum forever and now kids are big enough that I can go and work ..I am an outdoor enthusiast work part time now as a Teacher naturalist ,I love the job but ofcourse it pays nothing !

@Carlos AppezattoThe example of what to ask a prospective caller I gave was just a blanket example, you need to set your own criteria but the basic of pre screening applicants is " you just gave them the minimum" that you would even consider meeting with them to show the unit.The other posters have given good tips and I think one thing you could do is have someone "Shop" your realtor.. act like a prospective tenant to call or contact, and see how long it takes for a reply, how enthusiastic the person is to meet and show the unit.. and how quickly they can get an appointment.In the rental business we were shopped occasionally even by our own property owners, so we were prompt with calls, gave fair and equal treatment to applicants, and were good sellers of our units for the owners.. in fact their are businesses out there that hire people to shop apartments just for this purpose.

I believe the casinos are not really attracting a lot of attention anymore, so that probably means less employment in that area versus the last 5-10 years.

I own 4 acres right across from the Graton Casino and am working with Rohnert park on a mixed used resi commercial plan.. they need housing. but as you know in that area its just SO expensive to get the dirt ready for vertical and the building permits and systems development fee's are off the charts.Even here in Portlandia.. 

It would be similar to running to the Casino and playing a single hand with all your money.  

We feel that the statements made by Passco were false at best and our trust in them has gone from being enthusiastic investors, to one that wishes the property would be sold and our investmet funds returned before this property goes into bankruptcy.

Also, of course cashflows.I'm leaning towards a 2-3 bedroom town home in the area just north about the South Point Casino, mainly for the free way access to get to and from the southwest and the strip easily.Send me what you guys have!

@Syeed Lateef,This is not an endorsement I'm just really excited and enthusiastic about getting involved in real estate and would like to hear about other like-minded folks experiences in real estate.