The schools are ranked 9-7-7 and is only 6 years old and out of 10 houses on this short street his house and one other are the only ones that have not been totally renovated.

A lot of elements play into this scenarios.  

About 17,900 apartments are under construction or planned in the Valley now, according to Phoenix-based ABI Multifamily.Phoenix tied with Portland to rank second on a list of the top large U.S. cities for location-first movers.

However, selling before listing does bring that element of security.  

If electric I would turn it off, if for some reason it empties and the elements are hot they will burn out when you reintroduce water to the system, or at least one of them will, have seen this is 30+ properties.

yea...i have to say a van is not very manly, but when you pull up to a Wisconsin Home Depot with a light drizzle in March, you will be glad that you can stick 35 sheets of drywall, lumber, nail guns, compressor, tools, etc in the back of your minivan, and its snug as bug in a rug, and out of the elements. 

I present the terms and they accept or deny, it's not as sophisticated as local HML re: points, inspections, or other elements of control. 

I have a few remote rentals and have considered hiring property managers before but wondering if anyone has tips on how to find the best ones.

I used Yelp and Thumbtack before but it seems like those are the only so...

Additionally, if you look at rankings of other areas (education, happiness, average wealth, health care, life span, etc), many European countries outrank the US...easily...Actually, the US ranks pretty low in many of these areas...

During the time cited Frank was the ranking member on the Financial Services Committee.