Both can offer tax perks if you use the money for home improvements.

If it is worth your time, energy and money to build your assets, it is worth some time to learn how to protect it!

Then figure out the time and energy you can commit to investing and other life priorities to be.

@Steven Mendiola admire your gungho attitude, be sure to temper it a bit with reality, but don't lose you energy - it can help you recover from a lot of mistakes!

If you've used a sprayer before, it's so much more efficient.

I've made some improvements to the house since I've bought it.

The only building that exponentially increased my work load was my 8 unit which is my largest and we did some significant improvements to it the first year I owned it.

These spots have been getting more attention from investors and can offer solid cash flow while still being in communities that are seeing improvements.

What repairs/improvements do you NEED to do, versus THINK? 

I benefitted from rent inflation, but I also did some things that would help improve net cash flow (appealing property taxes, for example).Happy to send you some resources with more details on how I accomplished it.