Because, as you might imagine, a tenant turnover will cost considerably more than $225, but as @Thomas S. mentioned, the actual insulation bill for an attic will be considerably more than $225.Go to www.homewyse.com (I love this website by the way), select "Installation", then, "insulate attic" and see that their rough estimate range is from $1.59 to $3.08 psf (labor and materials), but then it depends on whether they are insulation batts, or blown in type insulation.In any case, if the existing attic insulation is inadequate, then maybe this "upgrade" might be warranted, regardless of how long the tenant has been there. 

If your property rents for $1,000 a month and the property manager charges 10%, that would cost you $1,200 to hire them for a year.On the other hand, a rookie mistake like you just made could easily cost you several thousand dollars.You can start by going to www.narpm.org and search their directory of managers.

Do some searching on this board to figure out if it's legal in your area, how to split/charge commission, how to protect yourself with a contract, etc.

Hey guys so I have been driving for dollars finding vacant homes I got a bunch of leads I have sent some mail but really want to call these people and talk to them personally been searching county websites facebook google whitepages and I cannot come up with any number to call these people any advise will be golden thanks

Cool Temp you can search them on instagram or the web.

how is your search going?

How can I do "factual, numbers, stats" only research so I can narrow my search down to a handful of cities i.e. census information etc for the following and please let me know if I am missing anything out important? 

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You will find a lot of useful info here by searching your topics of interest.

None the less, I travel to the areas 1-3 hrs from where I live and look around a lot.Recommendations for Rural narrowed down to this:1) Find a major metro area with strong jobs and increasing population, and search up to 60 miles out.2) Find the most affordable region 60 miles out that has something special to offer in the path of progress.