2)  Hawaii recently passed a new law stating anyone that rents their property short term must register and get a tax ID, have an on-island representative (a property manager, lawyer, real estate agent but not a maid/ housekeeper) and any online advertisement for your rental must include in the description the tax ID and your on-island representative.  

I posted a description of the RTC process in another post.

Showing houses is part of the job description.

Here is a sample LOI I have submitted, of course, have your name and contact info at heading and signature at bottom.February 2, 2009Re: Letter of Intent To PurchaseABC ApartmentsLegal Description to be provided laterPlease be advised that YOUR NAME HERE, agents for Business Entity Name here, or anLLC to be named later, are hereby interested in purchasing the above captioned property.

You and the Seller would mutually agree that this diagnosis seems to be an accurate description of the condition or problem.MAKE THE RIGHT PRESCRIPTIONOnce this mutual agreement has been reached, and you have identified the “pain” accurately, you can move on to phase three.

Here are a few ways it may be utilized: 1) Correct title ownership vesting when really messy2) Perfect ownership pending a Partition Action3) Remove incorrectly recorded voluntary liens (example: neighbor's lender cites your address and legal description on their loans' trust deed or mortgage)4) Eliminate claims or threats to title resulting from imperfect transfers like Sheriff or Tax Sale (at least here in CA)5) Also, here in CA we have a method of Quieting Title used within the probate courts to eliminate dual tracts and multiple cases.

They put a two line description full of buzz words and wonder why no one listens.Know your customer -- Craigslist isn't for high end buyers.We made a handout from the same source as the ad.You have to screen your buyers (qualify them) but you have to do that anyway.My phd son is moving to Connecticut and we asked him how he was going to find a place.

From your description, it sounds like your friend may have case worth pursuing.

Cartoon is a nice description...

Sears use to handle hardware and you can find old items they sold, often with descriptions and uses.Somewhere, I have a similar brass air pump my grandfather used with his Model T (not his driver but his hobby) and a bicycle brass pump I found somewhere with nickel fittings, probably 20s.