I don't know anyone as a consultant personally, but an outstanding resource is PM Build with Marc Cunningham.

With the right teams in place - investor focused realtor / inspector / PM / Lender - you should be able to get a good idea of the quality of investment it will be. 

Don’t want expensive, high end furnishings or low quality either. 

depends on the quality of the assets and the reliability of consistent rental income.this is an age old argument and really a personal choice at the end of the day.

I'd be happy to share knowledge.Hey Dennis.Thanks for the comment.I'm looking mostly at larger syndications deals (150+ units, multi family), doesn't really matter where exactly, as long of course that it's a good, quality location. 

In concerns the improvement of the exterior or interior design, artificial turf provides a beautiful and minimal-invasive solution. But that is not the end of it as not all artificial grass is the same. It is therefor...

Instead of extra mortgage payments, I only pay interest on the outstanding balance and I can make additional principal payments while still having instant access to the funds if needed.

The quality of the tenant in place 2.

As investors our job is to produce high quality end products, worth hopefully significantly more then what we paid.

size + quality then, because that level of due diligence is fairly unacceptable