My office is near Hamilton Ave.We are working on a burn out at this time.The owner has already collected his insurance money, so the motivation is there.He wants more than we are willing to pay, but as you know everything is negotiable.Fire damaged houses can be profitable.There is a service that will report to you all fires in the area.We work with Public Adjustors who represent owners to get the highest possible pay off.Insurance companies are notorious for beating you down and paying as little as possible. 

Those require an onsite leasing office, full time maintenance, and some other things that the smaller ones do not, but the returns can be great in an area where rents are increasing.

I'm buying my first property with no agents involved and I just picked up a thick stacks of papers from the escrow office that I need to sign.

They appear to have been opened with a box cutter, missing the letters and no stamps from the post office.

Thanks all for your informative responses, so besides tasks with physical nature what kind of office work tasks that consume much of a Landlord precious time? 

I manage a commercial office space building in Randolph, Ma and I have been having issues finding business tenants.

You can apply this money as your down payment, and your own funds can count as reserves.Make sure you are working with an experienced loan officer who can help navigate this with you for a smooth loan process and no surprises.

In TX there is a licensing website which indicates which trades must be licensed.If Nebraska indicates general contractors must be licensed, then you must have a license.I would call your local permit office for clarification.

We were just discussing this today in my office.

I gave your office a call a few minutes ago and hope to speak with you soon.