The building itself needs to be workable to serve those tenants and equal replaceable tenants down the road.  

We're not trying to ground all the outlets, just make them safe and workable. 

A real mentor is never paid, its a pay it forward kinda thing.I could see a "win-win" situation where someone is upfront about this, takes the fee and and gives you a workable rental property even at the new price.

I recently pulled out of what seemed like a workable great deal because a total rehab was done on the property without permits; Electrical, plumbing, tree removal, driveway all require permits in this area. 

My point really is that the concept is a good one and is worthy of discussion and fine-tuning to make it workable.3.

I can't see growing ever really working in an apartment setting, but SFRs with an outbuilding (detached garage, etc) might be workable.

It does't help that the agents are listing REO so freaking high and anything that is close to a workable price gets over bid or pulled off the market.

I would say that what I've learned on bigger pockets saved me from doing some bad deals.Since I've not been able to find any workable rentals, and I'm worried about getting stuck with properties I would try to flip, I've been looking more toward lease options.

I heavily recommend East Austin as the upcoming/current "HotSpot" - some deals that actually look great are coming onto the market recently4 - likely not, the STR regs are definitely a complicated thing to get your head around here, but generally are workable

Finally the art of laying tile. using a putty knife scoop out your blobs of thinset and spread it over a small workable area.