Buy it by the 5 gallon pail and keep it available to touch up between tenants. 

Purchase price: $65,000 Cash invested: $70,000 I bought it with cash, touched it up and rented it as a Section 8.

Eric I think we have touched on this before on appreciation.we do need to compare apples to apples.. 

I like the fact that I can "touch" my property within a few hours drive. 

.- Set up systems to regularly keep in touch with (and add value to) the folks you connect with whether they're local contacts or virtual contacts from BP.Happy to see you here... looking fwd to seeing how the BiggerPockets platform contributes to your journey.All the best,Abel

If you want I can get you in touch with her.

Buying MLS crap for $80,000 and than needing to put in another $5,000 - $10,000 to make it rent ready.Gotta be something in the water on the West Coast lol I’ll take 43605 for $85,000 Alex Jk i don’t touch D classMeanwhile the zip population is down -14.5% over the last 11 years while the prices go up 😵‍💫You are overthinking/analyzing.

I have been reading the forums, listening to podcasts and reading books and videos for over 6 months getting very motivated... but living in Spain I have to transfer what works diferently and what works the same than in the US or UK markets that are where most the info comes from.I would like to get in touch with other local spanish inverstors and see what strategies work best here...

But 90% do and as stated our dry wall contractor is one the hook for those and our touch up paint year one is included in my contract with my painter.

Touch the sewer main and everybody gets into the act.