Watch the part in Moneyball about trading someone.

As Nathan mentioned above, you have two courses of action.

All of the handy trades are in high demand here in Florida and most property management companies would be ecstatic just to have your phone number, if for nothing else as a backup go-to. 

The information makes sense on paper on how to get started on which ever strategy someone wants to invest in but I’m having a difficult time understanding how to put it into action.

Is there a checklist you use or a certain group of tasks that you have the trades perform as preventive measures? 

Zillow and Apartments (CoStar Group) are both publicly traded.

I think we would all agree that any major success requires consistent action taken over a long period of time. 

For the main items called out, did you talk to a licensed contractor in that trade to ask them what the estimates to repair would be?

By using them you are trading cost for risk, that just is the reality.

I was informed that I must trade up with Like Properties.