One of my lenders will go down to a $100k loan amount, but you have to maintain 70% occupancy for at least 90 days. 

To be safe with anything except a fairly new house, you’d need to excavate around the house, parge the outside of the foundation with asphalt, install a dimpled plastic membrane over that, and then on the inside, fastidiously install rigid foam on the floor and walls, spray foam/tape all seams, etc… Then frame, then drywall.Seems ungodly expensive.

Similar to others it’s typically not they are not profitable but run out of cash which is why investing in real estate without having money is risky and challenging because it is not cheap to maintain a property

And good city or country maintained roads/access.

(This should lower surprise assessments and help maintain buildings in safe condition.)The inspection results will be made publicly available through the state. 

If you’re looking for stability is a nice well-maintained apartment building with affordable units with a bedroom and bathroom make up that suitable to the area.

For example, it might not make sense to ball out and put a new metal roof on a Hilltop duplex when you could just put an asphalt roof on and it will do the same job for cheaper, even if you are holding for a long time.

Keep in mind while successful builders maintain a profit margin around 10%, 83% of builders fail.

In both cases they continued to pay rent, which maintained cash flow.

If you are in a heavy sun, high cost of electricity and high rate of usage market, and you buy the panels, and you can resell to the provider rather than maintain your own batteries, you probably will make money especially if you hold long enough.