The voicemail says, "we will not respond to phone inquiries, please write to us and see the notices on the windows".The notices have a brief description of the house, specifically what is for rent, the address, and these instructions:"Write for an appointment: Limit writing to one page only; introduce your family, include your contact information; state your intended Use and Occupancy, Rent and Payment Period, and Term of stay; detail any special terms and conditions.

Litigation is a little easier to do broadly than transactional, in my opinion.One suggestion is to search for legal articles in the specific area that you are seeking because the attorney publishing an article in that area probably does know something about it (but not always).If you have trouble finding the right person for your sub-specialty, please feel free to email me with a description of what you are seeking and I can ask around.

The description states they will be discussing multifamily properties but it will probably be a good place to meet other investors and get information that is useful regardless of the type of property.

@Chris Mason your description of "whoever answered the phone" was wonderful and made me think of the first panel of this comic:https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2016/11/02/dr.-...

convert a fixed width file from text to csvThe command line for this ends up looking like:gawk '$1=$1' FIELDWIDTHS='34 4 4 34 11 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 2 11 1 40 1 40 1 7 7 1 1 1 4 40 40 40 40 40 2 12 1 8 40 1 11 11 11 11 1' OFS=, properites.2750588I got the field widths from the third column of the description. 

I declined being a guarantor so the GM will probably bring in some hard money to get the debt ratio to where a bank will not require a guarantor.I also sent him this link so he can see what others are saying about the deal..but left his name out of the discussion to "protect the innocent".I also want to clarify a mistake I made in the initial description.

The direct entry company I used was $449 for 6 months, 30 photos, full length description, but not much more services (I have my own sign and lockbox).

That is really common.Reading the description offered by @Clifford Paul it sounds like it is really going nuts this year. 

Based on your description the roof sheathing is probably rotted and has now extended to the wall.  

Also, read the descriptions of listings in Waltham because most Agents will include in the write-up if its a "highly desirable" area of the town (most towns have sections that are more desirable than others), for example in Waltham you may see "Highly Desirable Cedarwood location".