Hi, I was recently looking at turnkey properties out of state and I've stared blindly at the MLS here in Tucson for a while.

I'm coming in blind, but have gotten some great advise through the community here- Need to get to a REIN meeting myself. 

It was itemized and the majority of the list was for things that were marked as ok on the checkout list. e.g. blinds ok, then charged $20 for new blinds, exhaust fans o.k., then charged for new exhaust fans, etc.

It's not a critique, the vision of "a place to raise my family" can be blinding to anyone.

For an investor/owner to blindly trust someone with 0 experience and not so great credit on any first deal with all their own money or on a seller financed deal is extremely rare.

The drive way is full of weeds, old newspaper thrown over, no cars parked, no window blinds, and all the trees are untrimmed. 

If you are able to see through guru BS and apply some common sense and critical thinking to trust but verify rather than blindly believing anyone who will tell you what you want to hear, you are WAY ahead of the game already my friend.

@Jason Ma It is risky but contingencies are the way to go if you decide to blindly submit offers.

By October 2016, the condo was mine.Since then, my husband and I have done about $4000 of renovations to the condo (repainted walls and ceiling, refinished the hardwood floor, fixed up and reframed the electric fireplace, crazy amount of cleaning, refinished the sink, put in new blinds, brighter lighting fixtures, etc).  

For the vacation rentals, I usually put in higher quality upgrades, wood floors, tile bathrooms, crown molding, treated ceilings and quality blinds.