If you don't plan on building a property management company and continuing to work on creating systems for you and your staff, I would strongly advise not to bother starting.

I think many don't have the resources to actually purchase the property if they don't find a buyer - and that bothers me.

Again would not even bother looking at it if I didn't think I could get it for about $100K less my repair estimate.

We didn't even bother charging interest, which amounted to just a few hundred dollars.

Hotels and resturants sure.. anything else I would not even bother to look. 

That'll be the biggest problem, if something breaks in YOUR home, YOU have to take care of it.If you're not ready for home costs, then don't bother.

It is also supposed to be charged to single family / duplex / smaller properties units but I believe that the city did not bother as the cost of printing and mailings alone would have wiped out any positive revenue generation (notification, followup, permit issuance, etc).Last year EC jacked up the rate to $100 per unit and were challenged in court.

I personally would not bother.

Oh bother!

I don't have any concerns that he'll find any issues with it, but I'd rather not be bothered with it at this point.