If you are evaluating a property that looks to have water/mold damage and need advice or an opinion feel free to reach out.

@Rikera Waters, will be at this meetup tonight. 2nd Tuesday Real Estate Investing Trenches- Scott Patterson 

@Theresa Harris@Theresa HarrisI am good at day to day property operations, I find ways to increase the efficiency of property systems such as boilers,HVAC, energy consumption, water consumption, I make sure the systems will last longer,I make sure the occupants in the building are safe.Basically maintenace, preventive maintenance,repairs, managing tenants,collecting rents (even though its not my job,I do it), I make recommendations to the landlord on how to save money without sacrificing the comfort of tenants and I do my best to avoid defferred maintenance.My father does construction (20+ years,he operates a small construction business) maybe I can put him on my teamThank you for answering

How to know if a land site has utilities(water, power and sewer)?.

@Vemmanath VasudevanPicture a glass, 80% full of water.

Also, set a high water mark and do not ever ever ever cross it. 

I moved in and immediately replaced all of the carpet flooring in the house with engineered hardwood; I re-painted the entire interior; I replaced all kitchen appliances with new ones that I found at a discount at an outlet/scratch and dent; and replaced the water heater.

For example, often fire damage is water damage--they put the red stuff out with wet stuff.

CA leads the way on the migration front with Washington in 2nd place, Oregan, Colorado, and many of the midwest states like Illinois contributing significant numbers as well.Some of the migration is job opportunity and many of the transfers are just looking for new fresh scenery.

We now have 3 tenants on a one year lease, paying 1300 total, and they pay all utilities except sewer and water (about $300 per quarter).