The issue with doing this method is it takes more money up front for the renovations, you are buying older properties which may have more needed capital expenditures, and it takes more time and energy.

You can also try the wholesaler list method.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

That isn’t the easiest / safest first foray into real estate ownership.

When doing this you are then owning the home for the best and easiest years of its life.  

It's not the ideal living condition, but it's a proven method of investing when real estate is unaffordable.

I’ve done this method once before, but this time I’m a bit torn on the best approach.

It's the easiest way to get taken for a ride by a contractor.

The seminal book on the strategy, 30-Day Stay, published here on BiggerPockets and written by MTR pioneering investors Sarah Weaver and Zeona McIntyre, has helped popularize the method.

What tools and methods you use to screen tenants before accepting their application?