What a fruitful discussion!

Sometimes it's super beneficial to pursue the non-low-hanging fruit.

You’ll just need to figure out if the juice is worth the squeeze.

LOL.. non appreciating rentals need to be held forever or your going to be stroking a check to sell them.. unless your 1031 and for ever going to landlord.. that's a given.. you need appreciation to pay the recapture and gain from basis andif they are SFR's and you are going to retail them you need 5 to 20k to take your beat up rental and make it nice enough that a family will buy it to live in.I went through this with new construction I bought in 05 ish.. what was in style then was not when I went to sell in the last few years. as I exit my rentals  tile counters NO good  need slab granite.. builder grade appliances Nope need new stainless.. etc etc I would say I put 10k on average into each home to sell them.. then it took 90 180 days of them sitting there vacant then I had recapture.. so to me the juice of these is simply not worth the squeeze I would rather sell real estate have no debt and make nice fat 10 to 20k checks..

This will lead me to a more fruitful life and invested future I hope.

At the bottom is the low-hanging fruit, MLS for instance, where everyone is looking.

It's a 119 year old building It's easy to hear things.he also painted over wall paper and now its falling off in huge strips, he put holes in the drywall, he dumped grape juice or wine on the carpets and they are ruined.

If you have the juice go to buyers ask but have them pay the closing costs.

Good attorney's have options for cases they can take on, so they will aim for the low bearing fruit (people with minimal/no) protection and lots to risk.

I like the idea of BRRR and I'm excited for the rehab and refi to be done so I can see the fruits of my monies working for me and coming back with some more money friends.I've got my eyes on several other opportunities that I want to move on, but I know that since my W2 income is limited (state government employee with very few opportunities to get increased pay), my DTI is creeping up to the 28% mark (with the lender NOT counting rental income) and I've read that 43% is roughly the cut off...