Or should I be trying to keep rehab down so I can sell for less, to more appeal to those that would be interested in an owner finance?

Short article.TLDR: If an Oakland landlord is fined/penalized due to the condition of a rental property, and appeals it, the folks that issued the fine will no longer be the very same ones reviewing the appeal.

There is some appealing cash flow in Grays Harbor County (Brandon Turner's neck of the woods) for value add buy and hold investing, but this is also a bit outside of my immediate range and would feel a lot more comfortable investing in that county with a solid property management company to lean on.

In either case, if the contractual deadline has passed for negotiating, you can't really do anything but appeal to their good nature.

Does anyone know how property tax assessments and appeals work in Pittsburgh?

Of course, if I can eliminate complexity without creating potential problems, that is appealing too.I've pieced a some additional input that I have received today and thought about:1.)

But he started off using this approach as a no money down approach to real estate investing and found it appealed to tired landlords.

My question is: Is it more appealing to out-of-state investors looking to invest in Kansas City, to have a 5-plex commerical multi-family, or to have them subdivided into a 3-plex and a duplex side by side so you can get a residential loan on each of them separately?

I have stuff for sale and have not seen an appealing deal in a couple of years.

There's a middle ground that will appeal to each of you.