Often times, having a more experienced hand will help you avoid seemingly small mistakes that turn out into big issues later on.

Looking for experienced contractors or people that know how to properly do estimates for repair cost!

The call center we've built from scratch, and staff roughly 120 agents (only a small percentage are on our own personal campaigns, the remaining we sub contract out to otherThe team required to make this magic happen consists of the following staff:(4) Acquisition Reps(1) Analyst(1) Transactions Manager(1) Dispositions Manager(1) Bookkeeper/AdminWe take an inside sales approach -- All offers are made over the phone, and contracts are executed via docusign.

I know this sounds like a minor thing to experienced investors, but I keep getting stuck when I try to imagine how I work around tenants to get all the apartments fixed up so I can raise the rents, the appraisal value and then refinance. 

Thanks Bill, I plan to hire a management company like you mentioned.My parents have some rental properties in their home town in Latin America,And they had a LOT of headaches, nothing like what you have experienced in those 10 years.Sounds great to me!

As far as a good agent who's familiar with investment properties, I would get in touch with Drew Smith from the Apex team.

We don't live close enough to set traps and dispose of mice ourselves, is there some legitimate way to permanently deter mice from entering other than a team of cats? 

@An DuongDave Ramsey has a preferred vendor called TimeShare Exit Team if I’m not mistaken.

However, be very careful when doing a lease option and have it vetted carefully with your legal team. 

I've just never experienced a market where that's the case.I think you should look at a duplex, triplex, or fourplex.