So I attempted to contact them yet again and I was happy they answered the phone, but it sounded as if she was on her cell and we got disconnected.

Or incompetent.Or, as is often the case, relocated and someone living in the subject property but not paying the taxes (or rent) while fat, dumb and happy.Your most valuable skill will be skip tracing; finding people who have a record ownership interest.

Probably the biggest things for me have been getting extremely comfortable with wood construction and it's limits, exposure to HUD financing, and really just how to trim the fat during design in order to keep costs down and avoid going through VE later.

Most accurate and mojo will give you cell numbers.  

I manage it from my cell phone as it is close to home and that works well for us as the first facility made me unemployable:)  The 20,000 sq. ft. facility takes about 5 hours per week of my time and it hums along pretty good.

Also your learning and its good for everyone else that again low end rentals you will NEVER get good credit scores.. waste of time.. its why these people rent these homes and they are pretty much lifers.. so what the PM"s I know do is basically run credit to see if they are paying their cell bill etc.. if those are bad they deny.. but just because they have a 480 fico .. is not a reason to deny.. most simply won't make the standards that a A class property manager or owner would require.And yes you should have to pay for those inspections its someones time.. not only do they have to go there they have to call make appointments etc.. in these low end assets.. to me personally  this is not property management.This is a step above this is ASSET management tenants are unmanageable many times its all about protecting the asset.

@Steve McGovern  nice post  if I was to box myself in using your back groundI guess I would say I am a wildcatter.. drill for oil and prey.and or I was the pimp out there trying to get ahead of you and ty up the cell tower sites before you got them  LOL.. that's what I did in Timber I got ahead of the mills then sold them the wood for a tidy profits.

In case you misunderstood me, I'm talking about outlets where you can plug in both a lamp and a cell phone USB cable like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L9IQP7I/ref=asc_df_B0...Why would you not add grab bars in the tub or shower? 

Every year i have to write a fat tax check, its because i have an even fatter bank account. 

But.... when you have a fat paid off rental portfolio, you can do better in paper securities (cap gain tax effects not included) because a really good ROE on paid off RE is only 7%.