Check out your competition and if their photos look nicer, you want to at least match them if not surpass.

I have personally invested in Texas because of the great return, and so far I have found that Cleveland has far surpassed my properties in Houston and Dallas (although also great places).

If it needs the cash flow to surpass my ROI threshold then it still provides the return I seek.

Good luck on your surpassing your goals in 2014.

You can also join your local RE association to get many of the same benefits.I have surpassed my financial Freedom number without making someone else rich to hand hold me to get there.

If I could get enough units/bedrooms in a building, the travel nurse numbers would surpass the long term renter numbers, but those properties are larger, have a higher entry point and often need a lot of work. 

Found something I could run out of my apartment for practically minimal effort that far surpasses what I make at my other job, but leaving that one wouldn't make sense due to the perks that it gives me.

So for that reason, I want to begin building my real estate portfolio so when I am done playing, I will have accumulated enough rentals that create the cashflow that will surpass my financial freedom number and  I will not be forced to shift right into the work force when my career is over.

I work the second 40 to surpass the competition." 

Unless you pay everyone in Trident Layers on the trip to China, you will far surpass any savings on material costs.