Rolling out another coat of pain on the walls is easy if you don't have to deal with any of that.

She has an air about her which is demanding and bossy, he comes across as Mr Penny Pincher and he looks aggressive.

I assume this means tearing up the concrete floor to make that happen. ... and I further assume this is pretty darned expensive.3) Is it pretty easy to spot if the copper wiring has been removed from the house?

In side by side duplexes they also look for fire walls in the attic (5/8”drywall on wall that adjoins other property), has to be taped and one coated.

@Edith TenBroek  Many REOs have had copper stripped, and often the condenser of the HVAC system is gone.

The client signs a Special Power of Attorney that is related to only that real estate transaction so the agent can complete the real estate transaction on behalf of the client.What I have is over 20 years of operations management, including being an active real estate investor from 1997 - 2005 where I personally closed three real estate deals without using a single penny of my own money (was paid $15K to buy my first house) resulting in net equity of $350K; I managed two real estate deals for clients that resulted in RIOs of 150% in four months and 317% in six months respectively; and at the height of m real estate investing I personally controlled nine properties with initial costs of $1.8 million with less than $30K cash and created over $250K in equity over a four month period.I currently manage a $106 million operating budget for Santa Barbara County's Mental Health Department where I am the CFO and Deputy Director of Finance and Administration through the end of September (I am leaving to work on my management company full-time). 

If you are new to land-lording I would definitely not advise you to take section 8.My two pennies.

Paying an attorney a couple hours at $200-$300/hr might be worth every penny.

Ten months have already passed, we haven’t received a penny from MSR. 3.We terminated our contract with MSR on Feb 28th, 2014.

Yeah, it sucks to feel like your "on the clock" at some crazy high $ rate but if you have a good lawyer, they are very efficient and it is worth every penny.