If he shut it off, the tenant skipped on you and turn the power back on ASAP  to protect the property from cold weather damage.

Have you tried cold calling or direct mailing to gather leads?

For those of you doing direct mail marketing, or cold calling from lists in California - Do you have a CA Real Estate License?

--- a bonus is that it's cold to the feet, so a lot of people put down rugs and it protects the tiles!

Good luck with your first purchase, and get ready for the cold!

Lastly, I'd say the heat seems low as well, but that's hard to know without having an idea of how many of the units are rented cold flat vs with heat included.Hope that helps.

Turn watch the news , crack open a cold beer .

They either want to sell you a guru program where they promise you can earn gazillions of dollars or they want you to do the grunt work of driving for dollars and cold calling and you'll get a commission on any deals the real estate investor buys.  

The cost of living is way too high in Chicago and the entry level for multifamily investing here is just too high for me right now (plus it's friggen cold).

What will my soliciting tactics be for finding motivated sellers, direct mail, cold calls, housing court, walking - drive for dollars, word of mouth, attending REIA'sGood luck- lets us know how you are doing.