I went from living my life with my wife and kids to this building, an LLC, and a tough time.  

I know I could go drive around and write addresses down, but I will only have 2 days a week/ 3 hours at a time to do this, with my busy life style  I think batch will probably be best because it already has everything integrated into their system.3rd. when using services what works best? 

I would suggest to speak to her on a humane level of one that actually cares about what might be going on in her life.

I decided to say screw the world and living a "Normal Life".

Bob replied, "I've lived in Chicago all my life.

You may be ahead of your reserves for a year or two, but quickly can fall behind those your reserves, as budgeted.I take a very conservative approach, but not only budget all recurring items, like landscaping and snow removal, but also take the replacement cost of every item divided by the useful life (both physically and aesthetically) and budget that as well.  

If you can use email, sms, and paid ad marketing to find off market deals, and let homeowners know why your offer would make THEIR life easier (especially if they are an older landlord) - then you're golden!

Anyone else have a partner on any of their properties and taken Life Insurance polices out?

The recovery time on added cost can be 15 years, which isn't far off from the useful life.

Real estate is supposed to make life better.