While there are home owners who simply can't afford paying their taxes, others have access to money but don't want to spend it on taxes.

This is my very first home and I can’t wait to be a home owner. 

If it was 2021, maybe even the middle of 2022, I wouldn't even ask this question as I would expect the results to heavily favor refinancing your primary into a rental property, taking the funds from your equity growth, and reinvesting the capital into the next property.I have heard many homeowners/landlords recently leaning toward selling their primary residence and moving the capital into something more passive.

As soon as you hear a investor claim they are charging below market rents to retain a good tenant you know your are hearing from a hobby investor that has no clue of the bigger investment picture.You also need to keep in mind that the rent rate has no impact on a SFH investment since the majority of potential buyers are home owners not investors.

Because liability insurance + homeowners insurance + separation of finances + taking care of my property and tenants + being leveraged (the bank owns the house and anyone that might sue me will be in line after the bank) = a fine liability strategy for an investor starting out.

Your letter is different if you are targeting long-time absentee owners or homeowners.

Also, ask them what the most popular colors and color schemes are, since they deal with painters and homeowner directly, they can be treasures of information of what accent colors are being used and where, etc.* Call local property mgr's and/or ask for referrals from your relator friends/associates, and ask them for referrals - sometimes they will be nice enough to offer helpful advice, especially, if you tell them you will consider using them when you turn the house into a rental in a yearAs a 27yr appraiser and Realtor/Broker, the paint job has minimal affect on the value, unless it is so bad that I have to mark it down in quality and/or condition.

I’ve been a renter, I’ve been a homeowner so the potential problems seem more familiar to me. 

But then I found out that a Nueces County (Texas) judge could order my property forfeit to satisfy a small claims JP court judgment, so I went to Allstate and raised my homeowners liability limits.   :-) 

We work with a National Contractor that operates on a business plan where they get paid after a property sells, which means no $ out of pocket for a homeowner or investor.