and enough pots pans and eating stuff to last 8 days, or would you need maid service more often.If the sink has a hand held squirt nozzle and a soap filled sponge wand it's easier than doing dishes by hand.The maid could change the sheets and towels, vacuum, cleanse the kitchen NSF sanitary (including the fridge), take the garbage to the curb, put down some carpet fresh, etc...Let the boys divvy up grass, snow shoveling and who makes the pot roast, carrots and potatoes for that night (that's a real muscle building meal).If you do go with a maid, it might be wise to pick one they won't be hitting on all the time, to ensure she is there to get her work done vs etc...

You have a business selling people guides to setup their carrot website and website SEO "how-to's".

I heard @Tom Cafarella on a Carrot podcast and sounds like he's cracked the code - a combination of a buyers list + Facebook ads (mobile friendly), give you all the advantages of a mailing list, while targeting a theoretically less populated "pond". 

Plus, Carrot is $49 to $149 per month.

One thought on your messages though you may want to set a hard deadline with a threat of escalation, sometimes you need a carrot and a stick to get tenants moving.As others have mentioned, you can stop by the property to do an external inspection & hope to run into the tenant which can work or at least get you more information (they could be in the middle of a move out for example).

@Chris Trupiano Tim from Carrot here!

Working with you as an investor isn't this magical carrot that all of these agents are chasing.

So, comparing rates is tricky if you are comparing loans for apples and loans for carrots.

Start with a small job and a carrot for more later.  

I use Investor Carrot for all my sites.