The buy box is usually broken down into columns and details the criteria a property must meet to be considered for purchase.

Are they in areas that, if they made upgrades to the home that they could get more rent?

Already, good operators are buying broken deals at very smart levels, if their track record proves their worth, leveraging their expertise is what you are investing in.How about stretching and doing both?

I have made some upgrades since living here, fully renovated the bathroom and laundry room, upgraded appliances, added a tankless hot water heater, and replaced all galv. pipe with pex.

If you are having an insurance inspection done, they'll most likely just walk the outside of the property so clean up any obvious things like trip hazards, broken roof shingles/tiles etc.

But, your game plan sounds solid.All of my "homeruns" have been in South Tulsa, Bixby and Broken Arrow. 

However, when we first visited prior to going live, we found that we had significantly more furniture / decorating upgrades and some cosmetic maintenance that weren’t in our original estimates.

You can upgrade your membership and get leases per state here on BP.

For CSS you use $100k, period.This $100k needs to be broken out between the building and the land.

I am flipping a house with a broken sewer.