If you have enough rental demand in your area and are satisfied with the income, I'd be tempted to leave it alone  until the time it's very outdated and/or  just so worn out that it needs renovating, at which time you can  make the changes you want.Hi Ed , The end goal is a flip - Absolutely no weightage to my preferences :-) Just want to appeal the  broad customer base .I agree 200% with you on rentals , I just do the bare minimum - Even in high price neighbhorhoods , renters have pretty low expectation , i just buy for investing and havebeen a renter for 5 yrs . 

I had 2 collections on my report which were paid 1 1/2 yrs ago.

I think taking a look at his bio and gleaning from the 41 yrs of experience is what I was looking at.

You will have a chance of selling it.He states that mortgage servicers around the country had discontinued foreclosing on millions of delinquent properties (non-agency securitized mortgages) and that millions of people are basically "squatting" and living for free.Can you imagine how frustrated and foolish you'd feel if you took his advice 7 yrs ago?

We're on our 3rd now in 3 yrs and since finding BP opening up to the idea of using OPM other than house hacking. 

Avg equity = 10 yrs of avg $400/mo 'cf', but my market is fairly expensive.   

So better to acquire fast, acquire hard, and leverage into places you yoursef would consider living if you absolutely had to.Worse case, you let someone else pay the mortgages over the next 20-30 yrs.

These guys have been in the business for 15-20 yrs and have been the first movers all of these years, starting with NoLibs back in the day. 

I am trying not to screw myself as I do plan to upgrade homes in 2-3 yrs.

You can have it for 10 yrs where nothing happens then boom, up it goes, or down for that matter.