Pretty sure Rent to Retirement has hundreds of 5 star reviews.

To assess what type of upgrades to do and which will return for you - do some research into what other rentals in the area are renting for and scope of renovations they have - i.e. if the comparable rentals all have painted the 1970 cabinets - then you can do similar and not drop $40k+ on  full gut/ remodel.

No need to spend hundreds.

His lot is 8 acres but backs up to the Cleveland National Forest so he in effect has hundreds/thousands of acres.  

(I’d also assume that learning what qualifies as quality real estate comes with time and evaluating hundreds if not thousands of deals.)

It obviously would not hit the 1% rule, but should be positive cash flow by maybe a couple hundred bucks a month when we move out. 

.; you might spend a couple hundred bucks on tenant screening, but a new roof might cost $20k+).Back when I was house hacking regularly, one of the most significant "costs" was the cost of my time and effort to acquire tenants (which includes all the time and effort of posting ads, responding to inquiries, answering questions, doing viewings, screening applicants, managing tenants once they were in-place, etc.).

An experienced investor that has flipped hundreds of houses in a market, will likely get better pricing than a new investor and have completely different labor prices/SKUs they use.So really it's best to use our estimate templates as a starting point to help you get started. 

When looking to rent a property, this AI agent communicates with hundreds of landlords and schedules viewings for you4. 

If fixing it costs more but I can the sell the house for a lot more, that be worth it as long as it does take hundreds of months to do the work.