Higher points might be ok but we don't want to drive a good customer away.

Such a PM will be pricey, but at least you will have someone local who can handle emergences in the middle of the night without having to lose sleep or possibly jump in the car to drive 5-6hrs. 

I will say, as a programmer, I built my own system that was comparable (better in some ways, not so much in others) in many ways to Dan's, but I didn't have online access to the Upset Bid sheets and that was a significant factor in my using his service.

I drive by every few months to check on the property 

Hi everyone, I came across the site Investor carrot and see some benefits that would suit my needs to drive in leads but I have a question to anyone who has or had an Investor Carrot site created for their business. 

When estimating my initial investment calculation for the purposes of estimating ROI, should I factor in just the closing costs into the equation or should I factor in closing costs plus all pre-paid/escrow items. 

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I am willing to go out of state...though I liked the thought of being a day's drive from a visual inspection.

Something like this: 1133 Hill Mount Drive, Minneola (suburb of Orlando)? 

The HOA's are definitely going to play a big factor in my decision making.