The biggest challenge we've faced by far is educating contractors - first you need to find contractors willing to be educated, then you need to be prepared to pay more during the first couple of projects while they become proficient with their new knowledge.We have yet to produce a retrofit meeting all EnerPHit criteria, but we are getting a little closer each time.

I own a rental property in Saint Peter, Minnesota that I will be renting out in a couple months.  

I am not ready to start an LLC or an S corp at this time and will not until I have done at least a couple deals.

@Jamie Henkin I travelled to Indianapolis to visit with a couple turnkey providers before I pulled the trigger.

Unfortunately, I was forced to file for ch 13 a couple of years ago as I was still dealing with the financial fallout from '08 and '09.

I have a couple of properties in the Clayton County area and if you and your husband need help or have questions about that area feel free to reach out to me.

I do not know anyone in T N I do know a couple guys where I live that do it.

I prefer generating my own analyses using spreadsheets - for all sorts of stuff - and recommend doing that if you can and are comfortable doing so.

I'm thinking of utilizing 203k financing and living in one of the units, but have a couple questions.  

@Joseph SkatesI'm not sure I clearly understand your question.If your business is collecting waste then you will most likely have a couple of possible revenue streams: a dumping fee you may/may not charge to folks who bring the waste two you;scrap fees you may collect on sale of the various component elements you extract from the electronics.Depending on where you are, there may be a provincial program which will supplement one of those revenue streams (kid of like the tyre levies charges my many/most provinces).