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I'm a big believer in tackling a lot of things that I might not YET know how to do.

I have been speaking to PM companies and am now debating if I should use them with this renter (providing that she does rent it) or if I should tackle this myself.

My information showed up in all these weird online blogs, that just mass spammed information, it was worthless and I had no control over it.

To my knowledge, he's the only one on BP, beside our attorneys who could obviously tackle RE 101.

So sad that there's an over abundance of this spamming scam giving international dealings two thumbs down... smhKudos,Mary

Try www.therentalgirl.com - no connection to them other then i've rented through them before i bought, and it's a friendly collection of women-agents who specialize in unique areas, one of the may tackle La Canada Flintridge

I can indulge with more details and would be happy to although don't want to spam the new member forums unless asked for details.

I am talking with potential partners if I can distribute property out of my IRA and do a joint venture with a contractor owner. we are still sorting out the details on how to move forward on that front.Any thoughts on how to do this and if it is worth while to tackle a property with lots of smoke damage?

I can pass along a few freebie tutorials if you want to tackle it yourself.