The path you take depends on your financial circumstances and your natural strengths.

I just can't do the stairs anymore.Financially, I know we'd benefit from moving to a smaller house with less acreage, but since I married a man 8 yrs my junior who loves raising livestock, and since I love where we live, we've decided to supplement our social security disability with REI instead so we can earn the money needed to upgrade/remodel our house to make it more mobility friendly for the future.But you all gave me a great idea to think about - carve out a niche to target the Baby Boomer market in our area.

I know it's not cut and dry, and definitely depends on the nature of the problems.I would think a water line break or sewage backup would warrant an immediate response?

Possible main drain pipe replacement and new natural gas heater needed. 

If I were you, I would look to the plan you described above as a supplement to your current lead-generation activities instead of as a primary source for leads.All that said, this is just one man's opinion based on his experience.Thanks,

I heard about it via the Bigger Pockets podcast and would like to get one started for myself, it seems like a really great option for retirement that will supplement real estate income investing.

If you have not covered up the subfloor yet, stop in to your local pet store and look for "Natures Miracle" it is an enzyme to eliminate the urine.  

This would of course require 3 base things:  1) efficient utilities- a natural gas hookup in this case, 2) a well insulated house (sometimes challenging in the multi units in New England), and 3) implementation of a landlord thermostat to control the heat and regulate it to a range 65- 71. 

Underwriting for a living, naturally the idea of investing in real estate appeals to me.

1) there are so many built in transaction management systems online and for the high performing agent hiring a TC is becoming 2nd nature (most offices mandate and most escrows now include them for free in transactions) Dropbox and cloud drives seem to do the job for disclosures and Zip forms seems to create an online heaven for digital document signing and storage.