I see a satellite photo of the property.

Hi Ben,Get a few more bids, and make sure you do not buy services you do not need.In other words, find the lowest cost package of services that meet you needs.Walk the property with each pest bidder and if they point out things to fix, such as lids on garbage cans, holes caulked up in the siding, resident unwashed dishes in sink that should not be there...etc...Photo them with your phone and fix them.Be wary of the neighbors pets and kids when they prescribe a solution for you.

Show #53 this is not much about the show but......the guest @jason Hull mentioned how delicious is Feijoada, an amazing Brazilian dish that, as a Brazilian myself, I recommend you all to try.That's kind of my Quiiiick Tip for you guys:Go find a place that makes Feijoada so you can try it.

I saw today on the news a few apartment complexs with water up to the first floor windows which mean first floor flooded.. my experience in Katrina when I looked at a few apartment complexs there post Katrina that had flooded.. they needed to be completely vacated.. and bottom floor and some times top floor dry wall and every thing ripped out.. mold grows there like nobodys business its like living in a petri dish in that area of the country.  

I think @Trevor Kolb made great suggestions but I would also add a TV, you don't have to have cable or satellite necessarily but definitely at least a Roku or something similar. 

Whenever I went to their place, they always had dirty dishes in the sink and when I'd take care of their plants when they were gone, I'd always see a couple of roaches crawling around. 

If the landlord provides a stove, refrigerator, dish washer, and washer/dryer in a unit, who pays for the repairs?

I love that there are tech companies opening up satellite offices there.

ASU is supposed to be expanding and putting a satellite campus there in the near future so the area may see some good appreciation down the line. 

Think twice before dishing out appraisal fees to B2R.