If you get a renter to do a 6 month lease they could do damage to the property and you have to spend thousands to get in sale ready condition again.

My general counsel to those that ask is "buy in an area where you can make money", don't spend so much time worrying about wether it's the neighborhood that you love, or the style of home your intrigued by.

Or is simply BP and it's core group having possibly originated elsewhere having yet to fully extend it's reach here?

But, I expect you to at least try before I spend the money.Well yea, I find it very odd.

Say you spend 5 hours a week looking for that good deal that's 260 hours in a year.

Spend an hour reading through the site.

You'll also make contacts with new agents that, if nothing else, can get you access to the MLS.You can spend years trying to follow some niche strategy and never learn the basics of RE.

The tenants and leases create the value of the building so spend considerable time here.

Ask for elevator maintenance records and see what they are spending on those per year.Is the maintenance guy in-house or do they subcontract maintenance, take a look at the cleaning contract.

If you aren't spending 2-3 hours reading each day or night you are cheating yourself.While you are doing this, network, network, network.