It's primary differentiating characteristic is its low minimum, and slick online presence.

Completely free and clear may be a bit much because other asset classes will have better risk/return characteristics that real estate with zero leverage.

there is lots of great advise on here. there are tone of more experienced people on here.Some ideas;Sherwin Williams has great prices on contractor grade carpeting and they install.Sherwin Wiliiams has great paint too - ProMar 200 has great hiding characteristics - retail is $22 per gallon.

Maybe this attribute (the "turnover rate" characteristic) of the neighborhood dynamic doesn't matter that much.

Step 1: Count blessings.Step 2: Determine the primary characteristics of these tenants and try to identify them in future tenants.

The best color is white, both for trim and for walls, as white paint can take the harshest cleaners and then touch up quickly if necessary.With that being said, of course the CHEAPEST paint available with the high-performance characteristics I want is always the best paint .Home Depot, through the Pro program coupons, runs in-store promotions where you buy two 5-gallon containers, and get the third five-gallon container free.

Steve -  What do you see as the core skills /characteristics needed for hard money lending

It shares many of the same characteristics with turnkey in the types of properties they target and that in a product that, at least to me, seems to be targeted at people who want to be truly passive as much as possible.  

The Orlando market consists of several markets with different characteristics.

Your IRA or 401k custodian will probably have a list for you with loan characteristics.