From all the reading material and bigger pockets podcast I've come to the conclusion that acquiring leads and learning rehab cost is fundamental to most real estate investing vehicles.

He traded property that he was tired of managing that he paid 20k for that is loosing value plus 100k in cash.

Is this an off-market deal directly with a tired landlord?

Your tenants have work vehicles? 

I'm working as an Insights Strategist during the day, putting in a few hours of marketing consulting work on the side during the week, and studying up on real estate investing on the weekends (and whatever time I have left over during the week).Having worked in the finance industry for the last couple years, I became increasingly aware of different types of investing vehicles, but never really considered real estate investing until I moved to Miami this last July.

I have vertical blinds in my rentals but I’m tired of the maintenance/repair/clean up after every tenant.

They bought a somewhat tired 2 bedroom (on the mkt 80 days) instead for $25k more than we were asking???

All I get is tire kickers.

They want to do your deal because they have no other option and they are tired of losing money every month.

I've been watching but around here they want like $1-2 million for old, tired motels that might work.Listen to what @Karen Schimpf said about doing a rental analysis and getting contractor bids.