I am just starting in the real estate world and it has made my schedule busier and I struggle to make the most of my time and order my life to be the most effective.

Unfortunately I have to give the credit for my name to my mother and the epidural's lingering effects 

They may even be trying to evade your non-smoking screening, and worse yet, they will be smoking inside in hiding, a fact you may not discover until move out.You may be better with a distant designated smoking area --to have it out of the house--or not getting a tenant with a smoking background altogether. 

I remember a couple of years back people were posting links in "dofollow" blog comments - is that still an effective strategy?

How you leverage the purchase will effect your expected returns and for some time.If you can't or don't need to flip for a MAI appraisal, ask appraisers for a letter of opinion of the market, they may be very close and at a fraction of the cost. 

Most designs before 1970's don't have enough seismic load factor, so they are weaker than today's standard. 

Is this the most effect lead generation for flips or wholesale?

That said, while it is certainly true the conditioning served FB in terms of selling their product, it was also a necessary and effective method to make sure every person took the most out of the weekend as possible.

The mother was complacent and was not effectively addressing the issue with her children.

Why not just have the lease effective from the 3rd?