ETWhen Tylisha Slaughter learned that the West Philadelphia rowhouse she rented was going to be auctioned off in a sheriff’s sale, she sensed opportunity.Slaughter, now 30, aimed to buy the home near Cobbs Creek Park on the cheap and restore it from the “slumlord”-like conditions she, her boyfriend, and her two young children had been living in.But on the day of the sale, she said, she found herself up against an out-of-towner with lots of money to spend: Brandon “Dutch” Mendenhall.

The saving grace is that it was purchased cheap a long time ago and will still either cash flow or yield equity even after repair costs

These cheap arse customers who want to buy materials so they can get CC points are not going to do any of the above.

Save...it takes a lot more money than most new investors believe (don't drink the Kool-aid that you can get in cheap) and residing outside the US will be seen as a substantial risk to most lenders which will limit your financing options. 

A lot of people cut corners out of cheapness, but most of the costs can be passed on to the borrower, and if you do it right, your new loan will be more valuable should you decide to sell it.

REI Game Changers is a beginner program that relies on cheap spray and pray list marketing.

Even if a software is free or cheap, it's the time investment getting things set up and then tweaking it for the first few months that is the real "spend".

Not sure if OK is most expensive, but it's not cheap. 

And up-front costs to deliver quality are not cheap. 

This is not "cheap" but I also think it might be worth it.