Hey Folks,Looking at an otherwise solid REO buy (for flip) on what appears to be a corner lot- come to find out the yard "on the corner" is a parcel owned by the next door neighbor and is "possibly contaminated"... former laundry mat burned down there some 15-20 years ago and between back taxes and possible contamination, it hasn't been touched.

I have posted 2 apartments for rent over the past 2 months and i get absolutely bombarded with emails and calls expressing interest and asking to set up showings, I am overwhelmed.I just recently listed a 3 bedroom apartment for $1000/mo tenant pays utilities, w/d hookups in the unit, extra storage space and a nice back yard. listed 3 days ago, 75 people have contacted me and im running out of time and availability to show it to everyone thats interested, it just wont be possible. im in a small town in NH and im very new to real estate, but is this normal?

Had 3 tenants buy a house and move out this month and not one single bite on 3 pretty nice houses with decent yards. 

@Kristin Caras The number one way that properties get filled is the sign in the yard.

We cut down some dead trees from the front yard (that my step daughter called the Halloween trees).

There's a lot of ways to look at this.If you don't like yard work/exterior house work then a condo might be a good start. 

We bought a flip, threw a FSBO sign in the front yard (with owner financing) to see if we could get anyone to bite before we did any major repairs.

Neighbors place of business caught fire, (from a wood stove/ mini incinerator) gutted the place, including the rental apartment connected to it, bad enough that they decided to level the place. they decided to use a 40 ton excavator to bring it down, and instead of using the businesses driveways, they tried going through our yard, breaking a retaining wall with a fence, leaving DEEP ruts, damaging our driveway and the main road, cut down tree branches, which they threw and hit one of our parked cars.

I'm just intimidated by the idea of maintaining a home, yard, etc vs a condo.

Cats don't bark loudly when let outside and make neighbors mad, cats generally don't damage trim, drywall and doors, and cats don't dig holes in the yard or damage fencing.