Com is a good website it's free unless you want to pay to remove their name from your web site address but hey look at it as a business expense.....

Is there somewhere on the web, or maybe even this forum, where people in certain regions can share good/bad experiences with certain contractors?

Wow, I must scour a hundred web sites a day it seems.  

So, here is the run down: First, I did pay to be a member of the "Multi-family investor Academy" as a online student and attended 2 conference calls and went into the web site and downloaded materials and read as much information that I had time to.

You can download a PDF copy at https://www.naca.com/Scripts/pdfviewer/web/viewer....

I wanted to post artcles and resources here for the layman regarding legal issues, and no I am not an attorney.Here is one to start, a web book on contracts.http://chestofbooks.com/business/law/Law-Of-Contracts-4-1/index.html#.UVHq6xzvsrUAnd a laymen language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_lawIf you have alot of time on your hands, at least have these two as references.Any other BP members have re contract links?

Now a days the #1 best marketing tool is social networking ( Facebook, Instagram, twitter etc) and the main point of marketing a service or product is to get it in the way of someones vision so if it attracts them or someone they know word of mouth will do the rest of the work.

You will need the current assessed value (typically from the county or city web site) and an understanding of how the assessed value will change (e.g. just based on sale price, comparables, etc.).If the new assessed value increases, cash flow decreases and obviously the reverse is also true.Since property taxes are a major portion of the expenses, making sure you know not just what they ARE but what they WILL BE is important.Oren

-have a mobile application that is actually simple and easy to use, not overwhelming.Their iPhone app is very lacking, but they do have mobile web support which works splendidly on a tablet.Hopefully this information helps you somewhat.

I can look up the addresses, but I don't want my personal info out on the web.