I mowed their lawns , plowed their snow ,shovelled their sidewalks , and plowed their gardens for 20 minutes of their time in really a Q&A sessions almost weekly .

And when/if I sell, like u say, that is when the tax would go up higher cuz unless US government crashes or banking system totally collapses or i die or something in the next few years, it (market value for me to cash in on someday) can only go UP as i wouldnt sell for anything less than the purchase price (upon which im taxed) plus 100k, minimum.Because of my avid gardening hobby, it was either Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, Sand Diego or Signal Hill (or MEXICO!) 

Maybe people that pay a gardener weekly do want out but I'd imagine that's an easy cut-back if you've lost interest.  

Could use a fresh coat of paint and some gardening. 

While some may go for the idea, I would not touch it with a 10-foot pole for reasons already mentioned above, mainly potential damages to the home.I also would not like the potential drug activity that could arise from this.To each his/her own.My current lease agreements offer garden spaces to tenants, but prohibit any growth of Marijuana.

a quick note on prices...i just bought a brand new garden sized tub for 5 bucks...i just bought a brand new matching set of stainless steel appliances (oven, otr microwave, fridge, and dw) for 1,000...i try not to pay retail

You are not looking for the home that has been freshly renovated, manicured yard, statues in the garden, etc… You are looking for the house that has phone books piling up, yard needing cut and painting.

CA  Sacramento area .. plus got back end equity.. but I had already been a top producing Broker for a decade before they let me work with them. these guys started small doing garden apartments in Sac... 15 years later well over a billion under management .. we had MF  adult care MHP   land developments ( my specialty)    Anyway.. by the time these companies are going they have full on PM  they have 20 employees they have a sales and marketing department that also doubles as customer care.. they had over 5,000 investors.. why I will never personally do this.. is when things changed and the MF started to leak oil and lose value.. it was a nightmare and I watched these guys implode.. so who needs that stress not enough money in the world for me PERSONALLY to take sponsor risk .and last thing i would do is invest with someone with very limited experience in the space.. you have no controls as a limited.and things have peaked a lot in the MF space.. most guys i know that do it have to look at hundreds of deals to get one. do you have the bandwidth to do that.. can a 15k class teach you all of the above. ????

More specifically I have seen key sections of Philadelphia’s such Northern Liberties, Kesington , Spring Garden area, etc all go from non-desirable areas to highly desirable locations to live.

I would recommendInvest in Debt by Jimmy Napier, Performance Anxiety by Gordon Moss, Fuquan Bilal's Turning Distress into Success, and for icing on the cake IRA Wealth by Patrick Rice.These are general overview books, they are relatively short and very simple to understand and very affordable too.