If you have your buyer-broker agreement and it was a full-service agreement, read through it and if they didn't perform, then contact your state's real estate board to see if you can still file a complaint, as there may be a time limit.

- I use an online credit/eviction/criminal background check service, should I expect them to be able to fill out and pay via the online service?

Condition: One tenant doesn't want to leave, have to bribe them to leave perhaps with some cash-of-keys- In San Pablo, a listing of 250k with comps of 500k.Situation: Sewer issue, only cost 20k but the city is asking the new owner has to repair everything with all permit.- South Hayward: 600k "duplex"- This year I got a comps of 1.3mil "mansion" 1920k for 800k.

I've had bad experiences with two different property management companies in Columbus that stemmed from them not taking timely action on repairs that cost me a lot of money and also not identifying obvious things in inspections that led to higher turnover rates and increased the time that it took to get the unit ready for the next tenant. 

I have seen the best initial returns for newer investors on more turnkey multis so they don't get stuck with maintenance and repairs right away.

Longevity in the property is where the reality comes into play.If you have a resident renting for 12 months and they pay the whole amount but move out, you will have to repair the property back to that top-of-the-market $800 range to be competitive.

Rent demand notices must now have two service attempts on two separate days before it can be posted on the propertyRather than utilizing technology and streaming the legal rental demand process as some states are doing; in Colorado, rental demand notices need to be physically created, printed (in the tenants preferred language), and physically delivered to the property.

I don’t have a list of vendors that will jump my property to the head of the line for repairs 24/7. 

IE roof repair spread over # of units rather than just 13.

a dozen or more times.Bad surprises - The basement flooded, which meant water got into and messed up the furnace in late December, crazy rain and windstorms meant water getting through the new roof and leaking into the ceilings, a family of skunks found their way underneath the house, joists in the basement were cut out for a water line, which needed some structural repair before the bathroom could be completed.