Many clients share that a social media internet search has been an extremely valuable tool in this process.

If the owner is an LLC then we hit Google and the state corporate business search tool to attempt to locate the actual owner.As far as number of units, that information is on the county assessor website.

The only tools I owned were a corded drill and a skill saw.

Now we live in the modern age where competition is much fiercer and tech tools at our disposal enable us to move at lightning speed and crash at lightning speed.

There's a plethora of tools available to self-manage your STRs if you're under 10 units!

I wouldn't say the delivery drivers carry a full tool box, but they are quick and they get it there without alot of damages.

Joel Owens,Those are some of the tools that can be used.

Make sure you're not providing any tools, make sure you're not dictating hours he works, make sure he is allowed to sub-out his duties to others, make sure he does work for other investors, etc.  

It also means that the cash-flow will be lower.If you're really interested in knowing if your calculations are going to be valid, make use of the BiggerPockets analysis tools, or use some of the freely available calculators out there on the web. 

I may have to look into a screen scraping tool in the future when stuff like this happens again.