This included necessary updates and improvements that significantly increased its market value.

Develop skills like sales and negotiation, stay updated with market trends, and plan your career through mentorship and interests.Good luck!

.: sufficient equity to cover a min $15K budget and ample up-side potential to deliver a sufficient positive ROI.

Saw a house with a For Sale by Owner sign in a yard with tall grass and after some drama, we have a house.We have dealt with long term rentals for over 15 years, but not aggressively ( keep them rented and do some improvements ).This "old house" needs, updated HVAC, new roof, new kitchen, some broken windows, upgraded electrical, water run off issues...I'm just starting to clear the house out with multiple dumpsters and starting to get quotes.  

No ridiculously, shady, sales tactics such as "we've made awesome new updates to the program and to receive those updates please pay us a hell of a lot more money".

update, worked with title company today to find out just exactly how this will go.

Because if I had another lay of Sheetrock that’s a whole project where the tenant shouldn’t be living there while the floors are being updated.

Here's my situation:I own a duplex that is about 100 years old and my tenants pay for all of the utilities EXCEPT for city water (which comes out of my pocket each quarter).Both of these rental units could benefit from some plumbing updates throughout (e.g. - 1.28 gallon toilets, eco-friendly faucets, eco-friendly shower heads, etc.) as a way of helping this rental property consume significantly less water (enough to save me a few hundred bucks each year...

Partner Driven installed a new HVAC system, applied fresh paint, updated fixtures, and added new appliances.

Whenever you are using leverage, you need to have ample slack in the system and sufficient cash reserves (or access to cheap & instant cash) to cover vacancies, capital expenses, unplanned maintenance, and other issues to avoid missing your note payments.