I'm going to include those recommendations in my arrival message if it looks like there may be snow in the forecast. 

He did, though, use the stamped envelope I brought him and the rent arrived without issue.

If you get into the habit of having a scope of work prepared for the contractor before they arrive they will only have to put in a fraction of the time to generate a quote for you. 

Most new tenants will arrive from within 3 miles.Consider what the demographic already looks like.

They built them both ways depending on material costs, and at that time wood and metal were flip flopping in cost so you'd see trucks of either one arriving on different weeks to the job sites.

They sent us a bunch of information, including an in-depth spreadsheet with all of their CMA calculations and how they arrive at their offer price (they did this for a property we were looking at).

Guests that ask a lot of questions will certainly find an issue with your place upon arrival - save yourself the headache and tell them it's not available.

For instance, Saturday arrival/departure only?

Called the Sherriff's and they arrived 5 minutes after I did.

They have not, but the time value of money is being used to pay the charges, so if you “invest” $100,000, and after 7 years you have $100,000 in your account, it’s not that you paid no fees, it’s that the say 5% you would have earned on your investment annually has gone to pay the fees.If you add up all the fees, including surrender fees, yearly maintenance fees, etc, you will arrive at the true “cost” of participating in this concept.