I got into it initially to eliminate having to integrate my bank with Quickbooks but rather have both of those pieces together in one place.

Wear a mask and goggles and carefully remove the ceiling and double bag the pieces. 

I'm more wondering what people are paying per piece for post cards vs. envelopes.

I can help a lot I do this in Columbus Ohio and Miami Florida but as a service for now not purchasing them. if you are going to do larger deals look for the largest gap in entitlements, density, and asset value as a land driver. for example we found a piece of land in Columbus Ohio that was 55k and we just got an appraisal for 1 million based on the rezoning application that we did for mixed use commercial.

We do monthly maintenance on every single piece of equipment every month- whether it needs it or not. 

Having a solid insurance policy which covers your property being used as a short-term rental will be the other important piece to keep in mind.Hope this advice all helps - can't wait to hear how this project turns out for you!

Your network is the most important piece for any potential returns when you invest out of state.And please don't hear what I'm NOT saying - I'm not saying don't invest in Columbus. 

I invest south of the city but I find that there are very clear appreciation spots and very distinct areas that are good cash flow but little appreciation.  

Have done most due diligence items, but I'm stuck on two pieces that I'm not sure about.1.

The cost of all the vendors to process a loan: credit, audit, LOS, tax, Underwriting, processing, verifying every piece of paper is a range of $9000- $11000 per loan.