Another great book that could help you figure out which tasks could be assigned to VA's is "The E-Myth Revisited".The premise of the book is to help you structure your business to work "on" your business instead of "in" your business.

I'll also touch base with some realtors.Karin: With some of the prices I've seen for multi-family properties, I kind of figured they were in war zones

@John Rooster yes, I was figuring that they would be more motivated than most because of their situation.

Hi @Shaun Reilly I figure about $400 in cash flow a month figuring 10% vacancy and 10% maintenance.

Along with the BPO you can take a peek at it on zillow/trulia/etc and see what the house looks like (google maps street view is great), as well as what the other houses in the neighborhood are listed for.You can quickly figure out if it's a nice neighborhood with manicured lawns or if it's a junkyard.

If you have the drive and motivation, you will figure out what you can and can't do.

I'd do a public records search and you can figure out that status pretty quick.

I figure by the time I turn 80 in 41 years I will have passed Dorkin.

Figured I'd post and let the BP society decide who is right!

My wife was a civil servant for several years and figured the average full time employee in the departments she worked in worked an average of 500 hours a year at the most, and then retired at 90% of current pay.