If you don’t account for this upfront and a washing machine goes up, then the roof needs redone in 4 years, or the garage door needs replaced- that will eat into any cash flow you have built up for x amount of months.

I have always called it my "Real Estate ATM Machine" :)

You just have to have a marketing machine in place already.

I have heard of companies that will deal with the machines and the service and take a percentage of the profits every month.

With modern technology lenders and auditors are able to fully audit their loans using AI and machine learning -- rather than looking at a few percent they are able to analyze them all.

Chester Baldwin at thr Wash LL association has been a great help and no one knows this stuff better than him.

Get some ugly sfh fix them up, then sell off the house with the lowest ROI using a 1031 exchange and buy two more ugly homes...wash/rinse/repeat.But look at your market, what is great advice in one area is terrible advice in another.Have fun!

I have a Seller that wants to wash his hands with NC and move back to MS.

She let me know that the washer standpipe was overflowing some when she did wash.

A good camera or a new smartphone with a cutting-edge camera may trump the need for a laptop, but if you are seeking a laptop I personally like the Microsoft Surface Book - its lightweight, its got a touchscreen, it got a good battery and decent entry point for a decent machine.