Nothing pressing about the repairs but it cleans the place up and my tenants are happy their landlord is doing something, as are the neighbors : )  Appreciation smells and spells like speculation to me.  

Some of these you could do now, some you might want to safe for when you have a larger budget, but here are a few ideas that my clients use:Signage: Bus SignageBus Bench / Stop SignageCar MagnetsBumper StickersBillboards / at Local Sporting Events Internet: MLS (Realtor.com)Lead Generator WebsitesFSBO WebsitesPrint MediaDoor HangersFlyers Around Town w/ Pull TabsBusiness CardsValue Pack CouponsCoupon SaverPizza Box AdsAD Placement in:Church BulletinsLocal Real Estate PublicationsLocal Business JournalsTV/Radio Commercials on TV StationsCommercials on Radio StationsCold Calls/Direct Mail Campaigns to Property Owners: In Pre-ForeclosureGetting a DivorceWho Live Out of StateWith Low End Rental PropertiesWith Vacant or Rundown PropertiesWith Building Code ViolationsWith Health Code ViolationsWith Fire Damaged PropertiesWith Delinquent TaxesWith Expired ListingsWith Single Family Rental ListingsIn ProbateEvicting TenantsNetworking with:Bankruptcy AttorneysProbate AttorneysReal Estate AttorneysInsurance AgentsOther Wholesalers Real Estate Investor AssociationsTax Lien OfficialsContractorsProperty Management CompaniesDevelopersREO Department of Local Banks MailmanCity OfficialsMoving CompaniesBuildersMarshallsBail BondsmenAgain, don't try to jump into everything right now but copy & paste this list somewhere.

Press onward.

You can also refer leads you get to a Realtor when the there is not enough equity, or the lead does not want to sell at a discount and has time to list it (ie. not pressed to close fast for cash).

If they become too problematic, I press hard for payoff.

anyone have a strategy to try to offset the added fluff price.I guess those are the pressing questions for now.

These are still valid arrangements.The quoted part above is in reference to a contract for deed, not a Sub-2.Not speaking of politics as an opinion of one side or another, but your local political flavor absolutely influences the way the bench leans in any area, meaning that in very pro business areas that favor landlords for example, a deed in lieu of foreclosure will be looked upon through those glasses.

As you stated, you are hard pressed to simply get PAR.

:)As for @mentioning people, you have to be colleagues with them, and then press @ and star typing their name (last name works best.)

We're all subject to the FED's printing presses and the rather strange remarks of past a FED chairman concerning the dropping of money off helicopters.