Hartford has definitely a rich history, some gorgeous infrastructure in parts showcasing its former glory but deferred maintenance is probably rampat.

I transformed it into a showcase and it sold in seven days flat.

Coming from an artist/graphic designer background I have learned that its hard for people to visualize what the finish product might look like.

@Ian Hoover I believe that craigslist has been making a lot of changes over the past 6 months, most of which are to discourage the use of things like postlet ads and spam.Here are their rules:Lead capture, loans/financing, services, offers to buy, lists/directories, and/or driving users to a website are not allowed.please do include:all relevant information about the specific property you are sellingmultiple high-quality photographs of the specific property on offerstreet address, and location on craigslist mapplease do NOT include:cartoon or graphic images, photographs of yourself or other peoplelinks to "more information" elsewherephotos with "click below," contact info, or other writingsearch links, or information about multiple propertiesadvertisement for services of any kind, including financing or loan informationadvice about buying and/or selling and/or market conditionsSo the basically made it so that you can't have links on your posts, and your posts have to only be for one piece of property, and all the information has to be contained in the ad.

I find it kinda of funny that as a graphics and website designer by trade I've never actually been a member of a forum.

Here are two graphics that showcase this phenomenon. 

Get new pictures that are brighter and showcase different areas, change some of the staging and relist.

That way they can showcase other deals they've done in the future.

I'm looking to start with buy and hold rental properties in my area of Clark County Washington. I welcome all experienced mentors advice because I want to learn all I can. I want to associate myself with smarter peopl...

Regulations include property related laws like the time and cost of evictions, rent control, code compliance requirements, etc.I created a graphic that illustrates the process I would follow (click on the image to see full size):Potential LocationsThe following is a reasonable set of location criteria to start with.