So, we have put in stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes, new cabinets and bathrooms, along with new Allure floors.

@Abraham Steele-Jones where do renters look in your area?

In the process now to update electrical, remove old steel pipes.

I just put up a nice 12 by 33 ft steel carport (lot shape dictated caprort layout) for them and that is more important to them than the front porch which they don't really even use since they park by the side door.

He had a frame made with expanded steel sheets (the diamond stuff) welded to the frame and set ancor bolts in the concrete slab and locks the cage over the AC unit when a property is vacant while working there.

I recently picked up a nice $500 stainless steel microwave for $100 from Best Buy because it was missing some parts.

Pittsburgh also has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and more room to the upside.What many do not know about Pittsburgh is that it's economy is no longer dependant on steel.

It's a theives paradise, just like the slots market.

Maybe @Robert Steele will tell us what he did in the end. 

Ivan,You posted in another topic about an inheritance.I commend you for not going and buying a bunch of crap with it but wanting to invest it.I have seen some friends inherit large sums of money in the past that the grandparents and parents sweat blood and tears for them to have and did without to give them a chance at a better life.The friend was irresponsible and lived "high on the hog" for a few years and is now broker "working for the man".I think what you are underestimating is what it will take to do repairs correctly,the time involved,and how buying incorrectly can wipe out a large chunk of your wealth.Not knowing what kind of existing annual return you are getting on your money is a huge red flag.You have to compare the RETURN versus the RISK when moving money around or allocating a percentage of your portfolio of investments.If you don't you are "shooting in the dark" and might as well take a trip to Vegas and play the slot machines with your money.DON'T talk yourself into something and say "it's not so bad".That is what I am seeing from your posts and is the number one mistake of new investors.