., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller website, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is consistency.

That's a big boost to one's confidence.Becoming an investor may take a little bit of time. 

With new paint, light fixtures, a new sliding glass door and an updated curb appeal, we were able to walk away after selling with a nice check for our next property.

If it is via a hub/gateway connected to the Internet, you can probably find an outfit to read them and bill (since they can be anywhere).If your meters have a remote reading that requires a reader at the curb/outside the building,  you can acquire your own reader and bill yourself ... probably not cost effective for a duplex, unless you plan to sub-meter more buildings.Alternatively, you can manually read them yourself and bill your tenants.

@Michael Glaspie thanks for the boost of confidence.

Design, code & building is  different but if all you are doing is going to sell the commercial lots and let someone else do the actual build out of it it can be a good boost to ROI because its worth more.

@Jay Hinrichs I feel a boost of confidence since the almost all knowing Jay Hinrichs just voted for a post of mine for the very first time I think.

This will give the market a boost in Q3 & Q4.The other thing that nobody seems to agree with me on is that the economy was sucking air going into this whole thing.  

If it's the norm for people to park in the street and there are enough curb to park another 1-2 vehicles that should be no problem.

The rep on the phone said rehabs usually take 2 to 3 weeks and are usually cosmetic in nature and curb appeal and they usually don't go with properties that have major structural problems.