For Conventional you need 30% equity in the home your renting, FHA 25%@Leon Yang Freddie does require a 2 year history. 

Finally, there is a saltbox style 4-plex that is pale yellow which is acceptable.For these four, there are another forty that look far worse for wear having been painted.

@Chou Yang Cleaning costs can vary, mine run depending on property anywhere from 10-20 percent a year but I have a private individual (cheaper) but I also pay them for other management activities and to be an on-call resource (more expensive)

Ponzi all pale in comparison to the economic, social, and trust destruction wrought by this single investment sociopath.

The reward you'll get will pale in comparison to the reward you give.

@Mindy Jensen if there really is a gas leak, then the hot water issue would pale compared to what can go wrong if it's not fixed.

The investor purchased all his properties with seller financing.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/11/bp-podcast-013-seller-financing-leon-yang/

Amortized, the difference in the selling price may pale in comparison to your savings.  

Bought a ream of 20lb yellow (pale yellow) printer paper and scanned in a legal pad to mimic the look.3.) found a font that looks like hand writing and created a mail merge within word that'll write my letters for me.4.)

By updating, I mean simple things like trendy paint colors (pale grays, browns, etc...), painting over interior exposed brick around the fireplaces, neutral colored carpeting instead of the stained pastel blue carpeting, painting honey brown cabinetry white, replacing beat up brass light fixtures with inexpensive nickle or chrome fixtures, etc...