If you want to be cheap down to the dollar, tell your lender you’d like to buy down the rate and use the sellers concessions against that cost.

I bought them way cheap and my IRA had a contractor renovate them as needed.

Wondering if there would be an opportunity to do Section 8 housing there if properties are cheap and market rent is high enough.

This is a cheap rebrand of Google Hotel Ads.

I could lend some of the money on this for 6 months for the seasoning purposes (though it won't be cheap).

He's throwing everything at the wall hoping something sticks.This would likely have 0% change of getting through the Republican controlled House.

They will make cheap/easy fixes or they will discover your specific problem isn't covered by the warranty and you'll have to pay for repair/replacement anyway.Most property managers will not manage a home with a warranty because of the rejections, delays, and poor work. 

Gone are the days of throwing up an average property receiving great returns with minimal effort.

There's no cheaper product- don't let the rates throw you, you'll save thousands with a HELOC. 

But that's just me...a good bookkeeper of CPA will just laugh and tell you to let them take charge and throw everythng into one master account.