I hate sounding like a broken record, but I just think it is good advice.What ever you use, get a website going WHILE you do your DM marketing.

If it's a standard Lakewood up/down duplex it probably has a plaster ceiling under the ceiling tile-- at least all the ones I visited when my son was apartment hunting were plaster.IMO, the "nicest" fix (assuming the old plaster is in poor condition) is to scrape off the acoustic  tiles and then drywall over the old plaster with a smooth finish; the cheapest fix, if the only problem is the one tile you pictured, will be to screw up the tile(s) that is/are lose, cover the screw with a little joint compound and then primer and paint the ceiling; If you are lucky the tiles have already been painted before.

It's all about finding the right property manager, one that seeks to fill vacancies and market your property in creative ways rather than just list it on their website.

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He travels a lot and will also use the place for family when they come to visit very often. 

LOLCA is the same.. there is a tab right on the BRE front page of the website to report unlicensed activity.   

Unless you can invest 20+ hours per week and will invest $5-$10k getting setup with website, systems, marketing etc and looking to do 20+ notes a year then I would recommend JV’ing with someone.

In 2016, 700,000 people visited Marathon, only second to Key West which had 1M.  2018 data will be out soon.  

I was wondering what websites, blogs or periodicals you read to learn about what markets to invest in or about the state of Real Estate in general, or specific markets?

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