San Francisco appears to have them as well, although I'm uncertain if they're constructed differently.That is unfortunate about the high operating costs of those buildings as I am sure they are beautiful and it enhances the neighborhood to have them maintained and occupied.  

Picking their brain and learning the ropes will only further enhance your growth.  

Property Improvements: Keep your properties well-maintained and consider making strategic improvements that can enhance value.

There is no harm in learning if that is what you want to do before you get this going. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

they get tighter as innocent owners of real property get harmed in some manner.1. having wholesaler look them in the eye and tell them their 100k property is only worth 30k.. and an unconscionable profit has been taken by someone leaving the owner who no doubt this real estate was their number one financial holding. 

He could tell by popping off the doors they the insulation was falling off (sparks flied at one point) and the evaporator condenser was heavily corrosive which can leak harmful R22 refrigerant into the home plus found bio growth inside leading to potential health concerns.

There's no harm in working with the housing stock you have available.

I completed some "landscape enhancement" by adding a few inches of dirt and now I'm out of the flood zone.Frank

I'm happy to move dates if they wish because that doesn't harm me but cancelations can be harmful on VRBO.