First few purchases at home depot I let them know I am military so I can get that sweet 10% discount as usual, cool no problem.

I generally think markets have a sweet spot that provides the best return and it varies by property.With a little research, we can define the upgrades that will be the most popular and then discuss contractors etc that might be able to help you out.

You want to test it a few times to find that sweet spot.Good luck!

It may take a bit to find something that works for yourself; but once you find that sweet spot keep pounding away at it and if it works do not let anyone change your strategy. 

Title co (buyer's choice) takes their sweet time to answer questions, but sent us the castrated version of "ALTA Settlement Statement - Seller" (http://www.alta.org/trid/download.cfm?

Now there are pockets of the historical subdivisions that jump in price depending on size you could potentially pick one up for 250-300k and resell for 450-600k.In my experience a lot of my investors like to stay in what they call the " San Antonio's sweet spot" 150-250k ARV range.

There is a sweet spot between learning and doing, and you'll get there. 

That said, we model our holdings both ways to find the sweet spot between "maximize cashflow" over our intended hold period and "pre-payment of equity" which results in greater cashflow in the longer term ... it then becomes a matter of discounting the two cashflow streams and deciding which is best.It's also a matter of shaping one's strategy to fit the circumstances.  

The tricky thing is to find that sweet spot of intervention that protects your interests without encouraging tenants to complain about each other.  

If you keep it at that sweet spot of 1600 for rent I find you get a better quality of tenants.