I think it's usually about a 40% hit by the time your done for the average person if it doesn't work out.

Either way, you should take a shop vac and hit every nook and cranny.

Its just a matter of hitting the phones a bit and finding them.

Once you learn the business from this side of things, you'll hit the ground running.

However, their public website, wakegov.com, actually is very helpful as you can look up a property and hit the sales tab and see actual neighborhood sales in date order in a very nice format, year built, sqft, very easy to compare, although not as up-to-date as MLS as it seems to take a few months after sale for it to show there.

In my area No Illinois, you can buy a 67% efficient gas HW heater for about the same as a normal one, yet the 67% efficient model the gas company will provide $100 rebate.

And you better do it before stuff hits the fan, like it did in my life" What's wrong with this message?

Most people won't reply after the 1st "touch", but if you hit them a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. time, your response rate will go up.So, to answer your question, I think your best bet is to continue to hit up those same 350 people.

Should I take the big hit now and get out of it ASAP, or keep the ~$200/month loss for a while longer and see if I can maybe at least break even later on down the road?

Then I finally took the attitude that you can't get a hit if you don't swing the bat.So know I run the figures, calculate the repair costs and my desired return.