It depends on your situation, amount of units you own, where they're at, and what kind of time you're working with.

Wouldn't say no to other strategies, but that's kind of what I think would fun and convenient for me. 

A common rule of thumb for Return on Equity (ROE) in real estate is to aim for 8-12% or higher.

Contract grade furnishing for common areas will last longer and pay for itself in the long run but will be costly upfront. 

Is this common practice?

What kind of portfolio? 

But this kind of info also leads to UBER competition, those buying homes to live in 90% of the time will out bid an investor though.

Then a wise man who was already successful doing what I wanted to be doing shared some common sense that I took to heart: settle on ONE strategy to get started and block out all the other noise, the BS, and the well intentioned but misinformed friends and relatives telling you that you can’t do this.

I am a successful real estate investor who recently acquired his real estate licence to help people achieve the same kind of success and I thought what better way then to write down everything I know into a short compact book full of important information.

In my area $35-50 would be the common range for fees.