As to his effectiveness as a 'teacher'...http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?

Let's say the roofer "paid" to advertise his services with a sign in the yard, and that amount exactly offset the deductible...I guess the deductible amount is still recognized as an expense, but the advertising service is taken as income; so there is a net zero effect for taxes?

This is because we are searching for mis-priced properties; specifically those whose price is less than their value.I'm not sure if your question was specifically about price and value as much as the effect on price from different cap rates.

Perhaps this guy was able to get them removed?

Absolutely, I have a number of homes in the Phoenix area purchased in 2010-2012, found a Realtor that is very investor friendly Lavona Buttrum, [REMOVED].

They might be willing to talk off the record and give some general guidance on how to most effectively phase your improvements when considering lead).All this said, there are certain types of lead contractors and different risk levels of lead removal.

Try to seal the envelopes and see if the response rate picks up again. 10-15% call rate is good, it's pretty common that most of them are tire-kickers or calling to be removed from the list.

We bought it for $23,500 on 10/31/13 and rehab came in under budget at about $8,500 which included tree removal, siding repair, Porch support post replaced, sheet rock and paint int., tile kitchen/dining, hall, laundry, new carpet living room, BRs, appliances, plumbing repairs, new ceiling fans/light fixtures throughout, insulate attic, new int.doors and front entry door (kicked in while rehabbing), blinds.

Our lease on file states that tenant is responsible for municipal fines, and they failed to remove snow at one point and I received the bill.

Only really old toilets have a bigger tank, so you'd have to find some older used toilet to have more water per flush.Better to find a new toilet with low flush that actually moves waste effectively; there are some other threads on that if you search.