Tough to say without knowing the demographic.

What are the best methods and products to tackle these tough cleaning tasks?

The City worker called while I was in transit and asked me if I would accept payment and let the tenant stay...

Here are things that would not transfer with a sale:-2.5% interest- prop 13 property tax benefit is saving ~$40/monththese are awesome advantages that are tough to match   In addition you have achieve outstanding return from the appreciation since purchase.On the other hand, you have $300k of equity which places the LTV at ~65%.  

We are not white knights we are in business to make money on RE  not a charity or social workers.. so we do want to keep this in perspective you did what you needed to do so you could make a profit bottom line.

Biggest challenge is actually maintenance, finding workers you can trust.

This affordability is a key factor in attracting both businesses and workers to the area.

Not once.I would only consider it in a tough market like California, but even then, there are other techniques to try first.

@Constantinos Zavos It's tough out there right now.

that was 7 years ago though and inventory is much tighter now.yes on auctions - you often have to buy with incomplete or incorrect information, and so just very tough to do as your first or second deal.it sounds like you're doing some of the right things in terms of starting to build a network, but it's just very tough to act when you need to when you're out of state.