Some have found that to be popular and guests bring the basket up often in reviews or privately. 

Add two more bedrooms and you're on easy street.

Another time I sold a property that had no off street parking, because tenants didn't like not having no place to park their cars except the street.

What I found was:Cozy: Certainly the biggest and most popular platform.

It can be anything from the guy down the street using his 401(k) to lend or it can be a well established business that has a lot of funds to deal with.

@Kenneth Tiedemann if you're investing in San Diego, I've had good experiences with easy street capital and aqua funding.

They bought a second home near a popular tourist area, lived there for the summer, and rented it out during peak seasons.

All the other houses on the street seem to be fine.   

I consul them to always include a street view of the property, from across the street, showing the entire house in situ, in order to answer the question for the guests (who have never been there before): "What are we looking for as we drive down the street" My 2 cents,Mike

At my point in life everything I own is both a cash flow superstar and appreciating nicely, because I'm invested in growing, popular areas.If I was just starting off now, I'd probably be aiming for value-add in good areas where I could either live there while improving the unit(s) - ie a duplex, triplex - or where I could trade sweat equity for profit, or both.