Not exactly sure where to look for this and have done some googling and asking around but don't have a clear answer for how folks have managed keeping the books clean and everything paid on time in a simple manner!

A typical turnover can be a month or 2 of vacancy and $2-10k in make-ready costs (cleaning, paint, flooring, appliances, towel racks, vanities, etc. that gets beat up and broken norma wear and tear). 

As long as it was clean and in good shape it was going to move.

Perhaps not, but if I owned a duplex and moved someone in on the top floor for a $3000 security deposit based on their previous history, and the bottom floor for $2000, and they speak to each other...why even take the risk?

For example I had my GC purchase paint, countertops, and flooring using his connections who worked at those locations to get a discount.

When I did section 8 and had similar issues, we would buy a $15 floor lamp from Walmart and have installed prior to section 8 inspection. 

It ended up costing us $50,000 in additional expenses across 25 windows because once we changed the windows, we had to bring the framing around the windows up to 2023 code - which required removing the already installed windows and reframing each window down to how the studs were strapped with metal straps down at the floor.  

LIKE in SC the thought of not having a 3% BAC just about floors the agents there.and listing less than 6% same..

It may be a gas furnace that has a flame in the basement and that heat eventually rises through the ducts to the 2nd floor.

Yea I have spent many yrs in analysis paralysis looking for that right brrr 70 cents on the dollar etc and just decided to go brand new on my own raw dirt and build a floor plan that I like.