Doesn’t matter if you strap a jet engine on it.

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IMO your options are: 1) leave it and paint (I like the spray,spray, spray idea) 2) Strap it (1x4 screwed perpendicular to the framing) and new drywall, tape, texture?

We will have a wave of tenants who are financially strapped. 

Or, you can try a younger lawyer who has a good reputation and mat be young and eager and willing to take less $ to get your business and that way I can.  

After talking with my best man(mortgage banker) about buying a house I quickly realize that I don't qualify for much of a home loan about 180k, and even if I find one id be strapped  to make the note, and would be stuck in it for a long time before i could ever get out of it and on to a nicer house.Found BIGGERPOCKETS.COM and became a pro member, read more books, listened to every single podcast, learned more about real estate and investing in a few months then I ever imagined, looked at every property on the local MLS, analysed tons of properties and found a decent idea on what we needed to find........ now onto the successI took that 5k and wrote an earnest check for a sfr that was converted into a duplex that had been on the market for over a year, tons of new upgrades, but neither unit was livable or close to finished. 

check out the book "The Self Directed IRA Handbook" by Mat Sorensen. 

We also have a coin operated laundry mat on 2 of the properties which brings in 100 per month, and garage parking on each building which brings in another 100 per month.

Originally posted by @Jay Mat:@Greg Dickerson don't you need to use the 70 percent rule on rental property's you should have an exit strategy?

While that 4k may get you a down payment on a cheap duplex in which you could house hack, you wont have enough for closing costs, repairs/reserves ect... and be financially strapped.