The best color is white, both for trim and for walls, as white paint can take the harshest cleaners and then touch up quickly if necessary.With that being said, of course the CHEAPEST paint available with the high-performance characteristics I want is always the best paint .Home Depot, through the Pro program coupons, runs in-store promotions where you buy two 5-gallon containers, and get the third five-gallon container free.

Step 1: Count blessings.Step 2: Determine the primary characteristics of these tenants and try to identify them in future tenants.

We were just on the phone with our insurance company and discovered that they had many of the property characteristics wrong on a house that we own.

However, I do not have any interest in doing syndications and I can't afford that myself so I'd likely pass due to lack of liquidity not due to the characteristics of a retirement home. 

Butler Tarkington, Riverside, Crown Hill, Golden Hill, Rocky Ripple ... each with its own characteristics and rental prospects.

Every city and region has its own characteristics but if you can stay around the C+ to B/B- properties you can generally find decent tenants and newer(ish) properties.

I have actually worked with investors on two deals at once and was testing the interest in both which were attractive opportunities and had similar return characteristics. 

In your opinion, what are the top 2-3 characteristics of a good lender?

I aim for small, 1-2 bed units that rent for around 500 a month in either college towns or blue collar, C-class neighborhoods Characteristics and Benefits: 1.Low minimum entry cost2.Virtually no cap on potential gains3.Do not sell old portfolio, but buy additional, similar units4.Appreciation of property value is not guaranteed or expected5.Repairs will slow the timeline, but are necessary6.With minor upgrades, rents could be increased to expedite timetable at a minor cost7.When possible, upgrade to larger, taller buildings with units on multiple floors.

The people that birddog for me have a very specific list of property characteristics that I am looking for, because I don't want properties that are white elephants (e.g., 1bd/1ba condos, 4bd/1ba SFRs).I also expect that they qualify the seller leads... they can't just hand me a list of property addresses.