Hi Everyone,I am looking to get started with doing rental arbitrage with my cousin who is a Green Card holder, however, I am on a H1B Visa which restricts my ability to earn income "actively".

Can you PROVE that the landscaping increases rents of ability to rent? 

Also, the ability to find good deals with an accurate budget to complete the project up front from some good project managers/general contractors.

There shouldn't be a real need to often get on the phone with the tenants so requiring this (i you are) may be hurting your ability to rent your place through FF.

This gives our developments the ability to scale as we are very knowledgeable about our build process, materials and costs.

So, I DON'T trust my ability to determine someone's character based on a few minute casual conversation and I DO trust my ability to manage even difficult tenants. 

On paper the cheap houses look great, but the reality is they are harder to manage, have higher turn over and cost a lot more time and money.Buying before you retire is a good idea because once you retire, your ability to borrow money is going to decrease as you don't have a regular income from a job.As you want to fix houses up, why not buy a house that needs a bit of work, live in it while doing the renos and then move when you sell it. 

If you’re confident in your ability to find undervalued properties, using the equity in your homes can provide the leverage you need.

I currently don’t have the financial ability to invest additional funds into it.

Other types of sellers that are making deals easier to get done are those with assumable debt available, and sellers with the ability to seller finance there properties.