They can make money but from what I've seen your more in the customer care and takes more of your time.

-Decide between fixer-uppers, which offer customization and appreciation potential but require more work, or turn-key properties, which provide immediate rental income with minimal effort.Hiring a Property Manager:-A property management company ensures efficient marketing, tenant screening, rent collection, and maintenance.

I find it unlikely that one could build a house out of a shipping container cheaper than one could build a stick framed house.I work for a custom home builder, and we are a union shop.  

After experiencing different types of inspections with all kinds of properties from custom builds to existing, it all depends on your end goal , I highly suggest you reach out to a team, really strong team such as @Jorge Vazquez.

You must asses if they are they the weekend weed smoking warrior or are they number 1 customer from Breaking Bad. 

Understand it's a business not a RE pursuit meaning make sure the experience is #1 for the customer.

Although I do not have a house that would benefit from one of these compact units, we have replaced 3 out of 4 of our homes with the LG 5 cu. ft High efficiency top load no agitator washers & the 7.3 cu ft top load dryer and my cleaners absolutely love them for the large load capacity and the custom drying time ability. 

There's a variety of ways to get a deal in front of you (I'm mostly a flipper), but basically if it looks promising, I run custom comps queries and check the current & past $/sf of renovated/distressed product in that city or zipcode.Here's a chart on 90066 I generated from my tool under Market Stats > Sales Data > Specific Zip Code:- My above chart (more available) shows the Avg Renovated $/sf (High) over time in this Zip Code, something completely different than charts/providers based on Averages/Medians only, like every other platform (RedFin Below, https://www.redfin.com/news/data-center/):- Can't select smaller locations such as City or Zipcode for their $/sf data, so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.- Can set Zip Code for Median Sale Price data, but again it's the median/avg so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.Then if that looks decent, I'll run Sales Comps, and get a quick summary of some key metrics based on those comps.

Relo company or insurance companies aren't going to pay that much and they'll just force the customer in a hotel or apartment.#3. 

Hard money companies are not going to stay in business by causing ruination in their customers.