I had a pitch book.. people are visual.. my dad taught me the pitch in the early 70s  with all my color coded maps and pictures etc. you lead them through the presentation.. so you present qualify then CLOSE... most can't close don't know how to close and simply can't ask for the order.. that is the key. 

Between the inspection ($595), encapsulation paint and cleaning ($1,900), air duct vapor treatment ($700), and another inspection to receive certification ($250), I'm wondering if all of this was necessary. 

We use a shockwave treatment to penetrate the surface and kill itball.

For example, if this property was next door to a brand new sewage treatment plant, the smell alone might make the property unrentable.

If you're not breaking up fights, buying beds every other month, getting bedbug treatments every other week, etc., then it may not be so bad.

@John O'Sullivan, TIC refers to both a way of owning real estate (tenants in common) and a specific passive fractional ownership syndicated product that is set up so it looks acts and feels like a LP but qualifies for 1031 treatment.  

It's a little messy, especially when last year he got cancer and we were sure if he was going to make it through the treatments.

There are multiple considerations, asset protection and tax treatment.

As an example, in one duplex unit, I got a $70 rent increase and a two year lease commitment in exchange for adding a chain link fence 25x30 which only cost $850 to have installed, you have tax treatment options for depreciation or expense on it,  and it should last a long time.  

I discussed this in local mobile meetup group, if you are interested there's presentation "How much does it cost to build a mobile app" http://www.slideshare.net/jkirsakmens/how-muchdoes...Thing is for very simple ideas you can do well enough without hiring developers or learning programming languages - there are number of platforms to "stick" simple apps together by using visual tools.