.: I do not understand doing rehab value adds in cheap markets.  

I had to live in the property due to the FHA occupancy rules, so I had about an hour and 15 minute commute to work every day.I settled on Tilton (small town in central NH) because the property was right and it cash flowed very well, and was quite cheap (at the time... 240k), I could get the loan to get into the building and own 4 units.

You need better contractors, because "not* putting in clean outs on a full repipe is just dumb, lazy and cheap.

Airtable is a great alternative as well, it just isn't a full blown CRM and the price is really cheap for just a solopreneur or small team.

Not sure if OK is most expensive, but it's not cheap. 

@John Matthew Johnston 80% of the time, it's a thankless job:(You're never fast enough for complaining tenants, nor fast enough or cheap enough for owners.To have any chance of success, you have to be extremely organized, or every day starts with your hair on fire!

Even if a software is free or cheap, it's the time investment getting things set up and then tweaking it for the first few months that is the real "spend".

@Harrison Jones  One of the major flaws in your perspective is that it is focused on cheap rent (driving rents down) not affordable housing.

All the cheap properties are MAJOR fixer-uppers with no Rent Zestimates - probably because there are not enough rental data points.This one is priced at $135k with only $1,152 Rent Zestimate.

Construction:  Deliveries are at record highs.