You can "drive for dollars" and send out mailers to property owners, but that is time consuming, and may involve a cash offer to get the deal done. 

I agree with most of what you are saying as real estate cannot automate as much of the due diligence that can be done in say, unsecured consumer lending.  

Making it virtually illegal to use coal to fire a power plant has killed the number one consumer of coal. 

Please advise on if this is doable as what I have read all forms of real estate business is a time consuming job.ThxSam

The brick might need to be tuck pointed again which is time consuming and you have to make sure the brick has proper weeping drainage when it was installed.

Hvac energy consumes about 40% of your utility bill (typically) based on seasons.

If you have raised the rent within the past year, you either need to incur the charge, give a notice of decrease in rent or make you sure you have an option that does not include a charge.I then checked with Los Angeles consumer affairs on proper notice:If the tenant is under their lease and in their lease you state rent can be delivered one way and you are changing that, they must CONSENT to a "change in terms."  

My lending requires the less expensive BPO but almost all other lending requires a full expensive and time consuming appraisal.  

I'd like to meetup with some others in the area who've had some success with real estate investing.Thanks,Dave(Also, First post!!

I have no idea why they even put it on the MLS, it just leads to confused consumers.