I guess that's why she gave the lead to me, she has a full time job and doesn't have time to bug him about it.

Bug bombs won't do it.

But now everyone wants A/C, every kid gets his own bedroom, larger closets, etc.I was just picturing yesterday how nice it would be to have microbots patching cracks in walls, cleaning drain pipes, searching for bugs, and various other things.

They will rent to "sleeper" zombies (also placed here by aliens) who will commence to eat walls and electric wiring of properties.Horrified, rental property owners will dump millions of properties onto an already depressed market.

Finding a fully performing property especially at the 50% suggestion with multifamily is a non starter.A trophy property the owners will demand a premium.The typical buyer is a doctor,lawyer,etc. who wants a newer property in turn key condition to us as a tax shelter.They don't really need the income all that much.What I see most investors going after including myself is value add deals.Where you have a burnt out landlord or a property with deferred maintenance or both.Some people have more money than sense and do not make good managers.The value add deal is where you can create equity and cash flow the quickest.Many investors love apartment foreclosures from banks.There is no emotion like from a regular seller but also there isn't usually as many ways to structure a deal.So each avenue has it's pluses and minuses.If you talk to banks they are hoping the market gets better.If you talk to buyers many say we are still in a recession and will not pay the banks prices based on over inflated appraisals.So what you have is a stand still in the bid-ask gap pricing.Some product is moving but not the kind of volume to turn the market around yet.If you want start out with one house and build from there.I agree with everyone on the fees.The contractors will suck you dry.You have to know what work you want to do and not to do.I tell contractors I want investor pricing and that I am very cheap and want a deal.If they are looking for a retail deal don't even waste my time.Between plumbing,electrical,pest control,lawn maintenance,and on and on your cash flow can go out the window real fast.On my apartment building I have a cheap handyman mow the grass and do minor repairs.Grass company wanted a one year contract and 210 a month!

These are not the wimpy 1900 psi electric models, but operate at 4500 psi.

I would stay in Mass but my boss doesn't pay well for all I do which is pretty much everything from minor repairs to electrical and plumbing.

I'm glad we finally got those reporting bugs handled.

Find another broker...They provide a commodity service and are supposed to be in the business of customer pleasing (which is why they work on commission)...if they're not doing that, find someone who will.If it's too late to switch, then don't feel bad about calling and bugging them EVERY SINGLE DAY.You're the customer...they need to start acting like it.

Should I tell them that the water/electric/gas will be off on a particular date?