Stores like Home Depot or Ace will have products specifically designed for removing difficult adhesives, but you can also DIY with household products.

You could use a floor leveling product but check the square feet to see if the product covers large spaces.

@Cesar Jaramillo if you can afford it, live where you are the happiest.Good investing...

You'll see rate improvements at 25% and 30% down for most loan products.

i am confident i can manage the relatively small amount of requests, and have heard some good things about apps and software that are a "one stop shop" for landlords that allow payment, leases, and repair requests. i have one out of state rental property with a plethora of options for handymen and contractors around. i have been paying a property management company 8% plus all of their inflated costs of repairs and fees and with insurance going up it has really opened my eyes to my margins not as healthy as i would like.do you have a certain product you have used or use or would recommend?

So, 400k - 500k sounds like lots of money but if you wanna operate in the 300k+ entry point it get can swallowed up quick.One strategy I'd try is to be a buyer at the auctions, win a bid on a good house, close on it in cash (you should be a great deal under market value) and then get into a delayed purchase bridge loan product which will cash you out a certain percentage of the purchase and supply the rehab funds. 

Bozo and Krusty, who are absolutely desperate for a place (almost always for good reason), are who WILL apply for overpriced apartments, usually because they have no real concept of how they're going to afford the rent.Turnover and vacancy are what kill you in the LTR game, and they kill you faster if you're working with a small portfolio.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

I have several people with lots of expeirence and money that would like to do some of their DSCR and fix in flip using their NON Profit  Charity instead of their LLC. 1 in particular is associated with Affordable Housing in Atlanta and all the rents for certain groups will be subsidized. 

Even if they can rent your place for $250/nt all-in, can they afford the extra $2 grand+ to get there and back?