My husband and I saw an advertised burnt property for $50K with $300,000 in equity.

right now i use direct mail but most of the people dont seem very motivated. i went to a rich dad program a while ago  and they said that you should have 7 ways of advertising. which ones do you use?

I start advertising and showing right away.  

They know most people will not look at the data within their own site; this is why they spend so much money advertising on TV.

This would constitute a cap ex (capital expense) and there are many of them, not just the roof.Vacancies, repairs and maintenance, tenant damage beyond the security deposit, property management (does matter if you self manage, you don't work for free so you still must calculate it as a cost in your numbers), accounting, advertising, utilities, and the list goes on.From what you have posted on numbers, I can assure you his is a cash flow loser.

The agent's broker also gets $3570 from which he pays for the office space and staff, insurance, advertisement, MLS listing and access fees, etc.).

If you have a PM and you live there I would not hide being the owner but I would not advertise it either. 

If you wanted to start working on furnaces, you wouldn't advertise that you work on furnaces without (at the VERY least) taking a course on how to fix furnaces. 

Anyway...back to the point...The rep that I just encountered from this group had advertised a property in a very desirable portion of North Dallas...an area of particular interest to me.  

Once it did penetrate, it didn’t just “wipe off” as the stripper advertised (CitriStipper).