They are often quite simple, have few parts, and can be easy to troubleshoot and even do some routine maintenance and minor repairs yourself.I've had to deal with a couple furnace issues in the last year, in both cases a bad logic board was the cause, and we only discovered this after having multiple HVAC companies come out and assess the problem, struggle to find the root cause, often replace other parts unnecessarily, and ultimately shrug their shoulders and recommend a full replacement at $5k+.In one case, I went online, bought a logic board and installed it myself to fix a furnace that wasn't working consistently.

If that's the case, you're going to go places that have lower than median households by a disproportionate amount, also likely higher crime, and steadily less accessibility.I think the root of your question should be what does my risk tolerance allow versus how cheap can I go?

Brown's assumption of this role is one of the root causes of her statement that it "could not be done in a few hours per week".

They had a crazy affinity to the home they've lived in for the past 30 years (family roots, love the neighborhood etc) So I was crazy enough to offer them $100k over what they still owed on the property....and they  accepted!

We will be renting for 12-18 months in order to get acclimated to an area, test the waters, and see if we want to lay roots there. 

They do not have deep rooted relationships or understanding of these markets from years of operations and are reviewing the same opportunities we theoretically could if we were interested.

Changing the world is a big goal.You won't find a root beer bottle cap in an alley unless you for it. 

You got this, and we're all rooting for you!

So recently we went back to our roots and asked...

So, my suggestion is to go back to the good 'ol forgotten CRE (creative real estate) roots.