And I thought I had posted something neutral that everyone would agree on :mrgreen:

REALTOR'S contracts are broker-centric and are really neutral because the only party they protect are the brokers themselves.

If some poor guy had to be in his underwear in front of his kids to help neutralize this and other threats SO BE IT.

You can make a house shine for little money,,,watch the shows on TV that explain the concept,,namely HGTV.If YOU dont spend a few dollars sprucing and neutralizing the buyers will subtract 10 bucks or more for each of your dollars spent.Its a cost of doing business these days.

No downside, imo, as long as 2nd leg is cash flow neutral, but tremendous benefits.

There was a similar size home about three doors away, bland neutral colors, carpeting and pretty standard stuff, nice appliances, but nothing really remarkable.

I get them sanded, neutral stained, and two coats of street shoe for $2.25/sq ft.

I respect the first group, am neutral to the second group and dislike the third group.But, when you take wealthy vs poor people as a group, without knowing anything else, it is reasonable to suppose that the ones who are wealthy are, on the whole, more capable than the ones who are not.

Property shows like new, paint all neutral, turn key ready.At $190K with $1,795 rent, the 50% rule looks like this:PI @ 4.875 = 1005.50NOI = 1795/2 = 897.50Cash Flow = -108 a month.I would do my own management, so that saves me PM fees or about 10%, so using a 60/40 split I get:PI @ 4.875 = 1005.50NOI = 1795 * .60 = 1077.00Cash Flow = 71.50 a monthWith 25% down and using 40% for expenses I get a cash flow of 322.88 or a 8.16% return on cash invested.8.16% is probably well below the minimum most investors are looking for, but this is not a typical rental.I've looked and looked at lower end properties and just can't bring myself to buy from that pool.

In California, we can get a lot of traffic by saying our rental is "Carbon Neutral"!