Like I said this may not even be a motivated seller but I did want to get my feet wet with looking at houses and possibly making an offer so we will see!

@Jon Holdman about 4.5 feet by 11.

And if there are enough properties being worked on, it might be worthwhile to share the cost of a security person/off-duty or retired cop to make rounds all night, in addition to alarm systems in each house.

It is also my policy to list the property with the agent that brought me the deal if I don't keep it as a rental.Now when they ran into a piece of crap they didn't want to list as it was and the owner didn't intend to make it marketable they called me instead of tossing that lead into the round file.

Basically he shifted along every couple of feet reseting the paint shield and then I would come along and hit the wall with a couple of swipes from the sprayer.8.

Couple those goals with the inappropriate structure of insuring deposits (mispriced). the opaque accounting used for financial institutions, the ability of financial institutions to "innovate", or as one of my college professors puts it "loophole mine" the regulatory structure and regulations themselves and the FDIC's role becomes a Hurculean task.Pulling back to 30,000 feet and most observers would realize that there are a lot of players and a lot of poor incentives and other factors that share the blame for this recent crisis.

I've got a good idea about much of the cosmetic stuff, and I know that your market is different but a round about number per window with labor would be awesome for an estimation on the property. 

I've been at it for the last month, with 5 more months of reading before I get feet on the ground in Edmonton again. 

One of the reasons I am looking gin areas that have 12 months vacation seasons, is to make sure the rental will stay occupied all year round.

The best case is nothing leaked out of the tanks and you just have to replace the top couple feet of soil.