Applicant credit scores should be treated with a high level of care and should not be handed out when they aren't assured that you are locking them up and taking due care with private and sensitive data.So, many places, including the screening company we used for years before moving to a PM, provide a suitability score rather than the actual credit score. 

If you're an investor Broker / Property Manger in this business you get 100's and 100's of investors reaching out to you wanting to spend the day with you while they are in town.

@Max Dauer just remember that even tho you may only spend a few hours a week actually working on them or dealing with guests, you are always on call.

We are going to spend about 20K to bring it up to par but defiantly worth it. 

Hey Danny, if you spend time building out the right team, BRRRRs will take your money a lot farther in the Columbus market. 

Just my thought is the closer you get to nyc the more you’ll have to spend

You will get more for the property versus selling it to a private party or wholesaler.

gotta echo the sentiment for spending some time on the ground even if a small amount on the front end. 

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Bruce there is also that famous case in San Fran  in the Seacliff area of 5 to 30 mil homes and someone bought their right of way on a small private street and were trying to block them off and then of course sell it back to these folks.

You can spend as little as $100 to form an LLC, or you could use an attorney and spend $1,000 or more.