Also, look into Green Bonds or Green loans if you are adding EV charging or solar etc. as Banks like to access that source of money if you're modernizing a building to be Energy efficient or leed compliant.

I am looking to finally get into the real estate rental game and want to find a decent home with minimal work needed to make it look more modern so i can start using the house hacking strategy. 🏡 🔑💸so my question is:When applying for a loan do you go straight through the bank you you been banking with or can i go to other banks and apply?

In this day and age of technology you won't see much success with postcards and letters.

Why is it with all the technology we have, does buying a property at a distance still require archaic processes?

These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.Or, as Ben Franklin famously quipped:“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.Neither these guys could have foreseen the efficiency with which technology could be wielded by corporations, government and the technocratic elite to control society.

If your siding is not in bad shape and no rot I would just repaint it to a more modern color to imrpove its look.

So the agents these days are Taught to put this one their cell phone  " Thank you for calling for faster service please text me "  well that ends it for me :)  the few times i try to engage in a text conversation I just get way to frustrated its too slow. theres no personal inflection I want to talk to agents to feel out If I think there is a light bulb on or if they are suitable for my needs I can do that quite quickly on the phone.So to answer the OP  I am not sure what you do to get anyones attention these days in the go go text dont talk modern world. 

For the week ending September 16, 30-year mortgage rates were down slightly at 2.86%.From January 1 to September 19, home tours were up 11%, compared to a 33% increase over the same period last year, according to home tour technology company ShowingTime.The Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index hit a 3-year high during the week ending September 19, up 23% from a year earlier.

Look for markets with growing populations, growing jobs, modern/diverse economies in landlord friendly states. 

I'm curious, what technology or tools do you use for organizing, documenting, and tracking your business processes?