My question is do you check all prospects that you call, do you verify a prospect's phone number against the Do Not Call registry, or do you just call the prospect without checking the registry?

Make it a goal to have conversations about real estate daily with anyone...prospects, other agents, past clients, your dentist....and so on.

You also have high unemployment, which means anyone moving there doesn't have great job prospects.

Like I just want to pay for a report for a prospective tenant and get the report.

I have a prospective tenant that comes in with a TAXID vs SSN.

End.From Tenant Rights, Mass.gov:  "Your landlord, or an agent for your landlord, may only enter your apartment for the following reasons:To inspect the premises;To make repairs;To show the apartment to a prospective tenant, purchaser, mortgagee or its agents;In accordance with a court order;If the premises appear to be abandoned; orTo inspect the premises within the last 30 days of tenancy in order to determine the amount of damage to be deducted from the security deposit.The landlord should be reasonable and attempt to arrange a mutually convenient time to visit the apartment.

If I charged tenants for water, even if I discounted the rent appropriately, it would create bad optics from the tenants' perception and would create a competitive disadvantage for me, having to "sell" each prospect on the merits of being in control of their own water usage, since having it included is what everyone expects.(2)  Here in NY the water bill goes with the property, not the occupant. 

Without these my units would go vacant as prospective tenants would choose my competitors.

I want to be absolutely sure any prospective properties would cash-flow at market rates.

HelloI have a prospective tenant that wants to run a daycare/school type business out of one of my properties.