Spend the time researching your market, go visit other landlords properties to see what they are offering and better understand how they structure their leases.At this stage you should already KNOW whether STR/MTR/LTR is the plan.

Understand where the bottleneck in your renovation is and hammer it out.- It's cheaper to fly friends and family in who know what they are doing, pay for their food and flight, and get help then hire it out.

I don't understand how the workers could have done this and then just left.

As a licensed agent, I understand the importance of building relationships and I believe that this forum can be a great place to do just that.Please note that this post is not intended to be self-promotional, but rather an opportunity for me to introduce myself and get to know the members of this community.

Ive got my eye on some places and just hoping to get your opinion on the neighborhood, my understanding of hilltop is over-all its C grade but can be street by street slightly better or worse..

Questioning the time it takes to perform work or work performed should be an easy question to answer for the management company.Being an investor and a property manager I understand the struggle better than most between managers and the owners.

Hey Tom, I have a handful of doors that are rented to S8 tenants.Overall, I like the program but you need to understand it's not a strategy as much as it is a tool. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.What else can we assist you with?

1st off- Kudos for your enthusiasm to tackle a difficult problem; adopting new materials and building science understanding on really old structures.Success levels for energy retrofitting will be directly tied to the level of "gutting" you do to the old house, especially trying to add a vapor design and passive ventilation retrofit. 

The power of Rehab is what I try to get my clients to understand every day.