Nate, I also support idea #2.

Time to retail some houses.

Does anybody have good books/online resources that cover retailing start-to-finish?

Like how to write good ad copies, etc?

I am learning that retail buyers care about things we investors...

The $1500 operating expenses are things like taxes, insurance, management (even if you do it yourself), maintenance, advertising, office expenses, utilities (even if only during vacancies), legal fees, evictions, damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, etc, etc, etc.

If it didn't work, they wouldn't spend the money advertising to get the unsuspecting to the events.Stay away from gurus for the most part.

I consistently get twice as many tenants with my free craigslist ad, paper flyers at the grocery store and $14 sign in the yard than my $500 a month newspaper advertising. 4.

There is still dirt supporting both ends of the pad where it meets the neighboring pads, but I'm concerned that that supporting dirt will cave in and the sidewalk, level now, will tip or --I don't know the term--subside?

I advertise my FOR SALE houses in the FOR RENT section of the paper.

The explanation provided must support the amount of the increase.

I understand bad things happen to good people and I support unemployment and welfare to a certain extent.

Just advertise in the housing wanted section in craigslist and you'll probably get some leads.