That may mean properties that need some work, that need new tenants, increased rents, or even finding new creative ways of increasing cash flow i.e. adding laundry machines, charging for storage space, vending machines etc.If you are looking for a turn key rental property it's going to be difficult to find things at a discount unless you can find a motivated landlord.Finding good deals is going to be difficult on the MLS you need to try other strategies...i.e. driving for dollars, direct mail, networking, searching the eviction records, auctions, etc.

One could argue that data can be lost just as easily on your local devices/machines if they fail - with cloud products usually they are backed up and can be retrieved.

Despite the efforts of our best data scientists, using the latest tools in predictive analytics (using predictive modeling, data mining, machine learning), we never got it to the point where I felt we should offer it as a product.Outside of that, the only thing that really works is to research every property that meets your requirements and show up for every sale.

If I paid water I would definitely provide machines.

If so, the USPS doesn't allow handwritten postcards).Most people probably wouldn't recognize a machine did the Hello Bond cards. 

I just think it is much more professional than having someone talk to a machine. 

Avoid the Flip this House HGTV marketing machine selling you a magic box of goodies for upwards of 40k.

I think I'm going to hit HD tomorrow for one of the machines @Dan Bryskin mentioned.Thanks to all for the tips- the BP community is great!

The seller has just been letting it sit at her fax machine, waiting for the escrow officer he is comfortable with to return.

It should be fine , no different than washing machine hose hook ups