We are also planning to self-manage so have no intention of keeping existing PM company.Can we provide tenants with our lease for review and request now, “before closing” that tenants sign our lease to go into immediate effect after closing, that is if they plan on staying?

I suggest you review the terms and conditions you agreed to before placing a bid.

Tell the lender you want to pay for another appraisal because you know the property is worth more and the appraiser won't budge.Most of the times, appraisers wont budge if you ask for a review because then they'd have to explain why their first appraisal was so far off.I've had to do it 3 or 4 times over the past few years.

If thousand of apartments come on line with 3 miles of each other all at the same time then it is going to be hard to maintain <4% vacancy rates.

The keyless/keypad entry sounds good, but I don't think I've found anything with enough positive reviews to make me pull the trigger. 

Also you can renew your licenses online, you don't have to mail checks.

I would sit down with him and review all the terms of the rental agreement, including how to pay rent when it is due and to whom.

To the first question, we are currently revamping the bookstore and we are getting more book formats online soon!

They are a popular topic online but used very rarely in practice. 

Here is a bay area software company laying off 1150 people http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Autode...Brick and mortar retail looks to be suffering too as more people shop online.