Generically I use 5% vacancy and 5% maintenance. 

Ribu Thomas, Congrats at starting up your adventure and looking to organize your team.

The bigger pockets team and community has given me so much confidence and knowledge on real estate.

My team and I are looking to get our second property under contract and it's a mixed use building- Store front w/ residential apartment up top, and two single family homes attached- very strange...Here's what I know before visiting the property:- It's downtown in a very mall city with a historic board- Separate meters for electric- One bill for sewer and well (I'm assuming it's county sewer but will investigate further to ensure not a septic)- I'm going to ask for the leases and ask the renters what they're paying for rent.As a mixed use building I'm assuming I'd need to dig into the store fronts financials to ensure they're capable to afford the property.

A wholesaler who was meeting with sellers would leave a nice, professional brochure at the seller's house after meeting with them.My team usually leaves at business card at the house, but I would like to have some sort of glossy literature to give a professional impression to the homeowner.Does anyone here have an example of what they have done for this?

@Joshua A Fuhriman My friend has his own team in India that works as his virtual assistants and they do as they are instructed to (as part of his system), to do backend work but my friend is still face and sound of his platform in Baltimore.

From tryin g to reach his “team” to no available, to “hey we cleaned up, took photos and listed a apartment which led me to pop in on the property to see NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. same junk that was left is still there....Anyone have any good they can recommend?

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Myself and my staff and team of agents can help you on building your portfolio. 

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