You want to make sure they have truly done everything possible.Hire Outside Help:  This is an extended vacancy, hiring help could help resolve this issue. 

Customer will say thanks for saving me from buying this crap, i will hire you again for my next house and recommend you to my friends. 

We hired an in-house lead assistant to deal with all the incoming leads.

I was looking for signs of economic growth big employers hiring more employees, a new hotel and conference center was built, etc.

Second, typically even if properties are in great shape you still will want to spend some money on repairs, typically one of the better ways to make money in real estate is to find properties that can have value added to them, via hiring contractors to do repairs and improve the property. 

The tax write off is worth more to me to hire someone else to do it

Which I don’t plan too.However, am I able to open a brokerage, own 100% of the business and hire a principal broker for a profit share?

In either case, you can't work on the property as it must be a passive investment (e.g. you must hire someone to fix the toilet and can't pay the expense with non-retirement funds).7.

I just hired my first property manager but in my market.

Im less concerned with actual areas and just more interested in trying to figure out the best size of the property as I always hire property managers.