Put in the time.If anything, the key here isn't to ask, but to offer.

Review some of the articles that have been published, search with key word; also list keywords that you may wish to be alerted to.

If you have a strong historical capital and rent appreciation rate it might make sense to get into this market and wait for natural rent increases and appreciation to take hold and make for better investments if you wanted to stay local.You could also consider looking for turn-key investments in another city (Indy, Memphis, etc) where the returns could be much better - but the risk without having the ability to drive by the properties could be greater.

Some landlords actually offer "cash for keys" to just get a person to move out so they can avoid any further headaches.

Serge the key with Canadian buyers or any out of country is you have more hurdles to go through.Foreign investors have a tough time getting financing on deal even with 50% down.

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Johnny, apparently you are confusing NOI with gross income, which indicates you're in over your head.

And then the newer electronic systems might have trouble-shooting indicator lights that help to diagnose the problem.Understanding how it works and some simple trouble-shooting techniques will help you determine whether the outage will be just a few hours or a few days; if not short you would then work with the tenant to see whether they need some electric space heaters or not (some already have their own).

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Design is increasingly a key role, in-town Atlanta.I'll PM you for getting together.Rick