This phone is very small and fits in the watch pocket of my jeans if I'm wearing those.The texts have been great to keep records, I just sent a text to a tenant that was late on rent just before this post.

Even a simple job like setting the base cabinets will go faster if one person can watch the level and the other can futz with the shims.

I started to deal with listing agents directly and immediately saw a big difference.I would agree with you that SS and REO transactions are the deals you WANT someone to watch your back and go to bat but may be it's locale (South Florida is the fraud capital of real estate) or my luck but it is what it is my experience is I can't even get in the front door with a buyer agent.and Fannie Mae is the worse, the last deal with Fannie Mae fell apart due to some title error requiring to reforeclose.

In Fort Collins, it is an interesting time, having been in the market for a while and watching a bunch of folks wanting to get into real estate investing.

bad terms to watch out for? 

You may even get lucky enough to have some watch dog residents who will confront the perpetrator. 

Feel free to put @Scott P and I'll watch for a notice if you'd like me to share more thoughts.

That's not even mentioning the value that agents bring to buyers and sellers in savings that are way more than commissions paid.All that being said, I'm watching this case. 

The fact is no management company is going to watch or care for your asset better than you .

I tried to watch Biden address congress last night hoping he would shed more light on it, but his voice made me fall asleep.