One thing I have also seen investors do is have too many personal use days which can have lead to a similar situation as Jackson.

Another higher offer came later, teaching us the value of having a dispositions specialist.

I don't have any pending legal issues at the moment, but I've been thinking I should find a lawyer that I can go to for questions, to review documents, leases, etc so that I can have confidence that I'm not making any silly mistakes that will get me into trouble later on.

I consider myself a discount broker, listing at 1.75% on my side but my listings still have professional photos, videos,open houses, and marketing.

Does anyone have any excel/spreadsheet templates they use for organization and having a place where you store that budgeting and timeline information?

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

We have some of them in our lake house and they are decent. 

Most people do not have that availability.

IMHO, it is irrelevant.I have never used it to be honest.

IN Oregon. we have very few derelict houses or building very few.the one area north of downtown ( the old warehouse district) most all bigger cities have those areas.. the City put a 10 year tax abatement for repurposing the buildings to residential so buyers did not owe property tax for 10 years.