The best landlords I work with have earned the local inspector's cell #, as have I, which understandably is a great way to cut through red tape.

I tried to reach through text and left a message on his cell phone with no response. 

VA doesn't require PMI, however, there is a fat "VA funding fee" of like 2%.

And people wanted to believe it.BUT, if they quit paying their mortgage and they also aren't paying their cable bill or their cell phone bill, I'd never rent to them.I'd also want stable job history.  

I do this with the fat tenants as I figure them running is the only exercise they'll get all month. 

@Taylor Comer I second the advice about Google voice - free and super useful - you can forward it to your cell, have it be just on answering machine, customize greetings, etc. when the number gets called both my phone and my wife's phone ring and when a message is left I get a text and an email transcript.

I thought about getting headphones but if they cancel out sound, they may prevent me from hearing a sound that I need to hear in the middle of the night or in an emergency like my bell, a smoke alarm or my cell phone etc.

You can also Google that supervisor number they gave you, to see if it's just some guy's cell phone.

We do not know if this is true, feel free to disagree:Essentially, really fat people have a lot of difficulty passing waste when sitting on the toilet.

What about all the poor Chinese miners that are being poisoned half a world away mining raw materials for solar cell production?