Washer and dryer inclusion may get you an extra $25-$50 a month, but you'd have to check what your competitors are offering as many apartments offer in-home and/or on-site laundry.You can also consider LED lighting, pet rent, storage rental as other ways to add value and increase rental income.

I also have been able to find a few off-market deals by driving around town and contacting owners through the county tax site.

I hear that verification of employment salary is almost impossible from these companies and, if we as a landlord, call the company.Want to do credit check, eviction, criminal etc (as have kids on site and am only asking 1.5 month dep) and so many people are saying their reports came back clean but then they found out things after the rental went bad.Seems ridiculous that someone hasn't cornered the market with an honest reporting company with such an important requirement.Thx

I knew my recent bid was not on the site, but I kind of assumed it was an actual HUD home.Live and learn. 

Is there a site i can use to find what property managers have open?

If you don't have the last piece in place, you could end up losing money, having longer holding times and costs, or ending up having to sell the property at a loss.

@Amy DeCesare While the areas you mention could certainly benefit from more multi-family units, generally people in the more affluent parts of the state like Washington county oppose such new development, either indirectly through zoning ordinances like minimum lot size and parking requirements that make it almost impossible to build (as @Brandon Ingegneri mentioned), or directly at zoning hearings where neighbors show up and oppose it because that they don't want to change the "character" of their neighborhood.It can be done, but it's far more the exception than the rule and requires big bucks, political savviness, and the ability to make a big bet and absorb the loss if you lose.

This subject comes up quite a bit on this site and it seems to divide people.

I’m new to this site and investing aside from personal real estate transactions.  

Logging companies have pretty high operating costs and usually require a certain amount of volume on a tract to make it worth moving equipment to the site.