I would love any advice on landlords' favorite brands or models that last well and are not complicated.

Simple things like a branded email at your domain and a website can open a lot of doors. 

Purchase price: $630,000 Cash invested: $120,000 Completely gutted this property, brand new electrical, furnace, propane, finished basement to create separate unit.New garage with rental unit.

We put the property completely back together, making everything brand new overall.

We also have one LTR in Wilmington , NC that we bought brand new and have an excellent tenant in.  

His thought was OK we failed at rehabbing big time lets give them a brand new house.. well concept while OK.. the houses would have cost 80 to 100k to build but again he is not too bright.. those houses would only be worth what the comps are since there has not been a new construction in the area for 50 plus years.. so day one your new 80k house is worth only what an investor will pay for cash flow and in those areas this means not 80 to 100k the houses devalue 30 to 40% the day they are rented..

We have a Whatsapp group of folks from brand new to several years in and everyone is happy.

Little did I know even on the brand new wires he was running, he was twisting them together with no junction box!

Quote from @Denise Brown-Puryearise Brown-Puryear: Quote from @Jamie Bateman: For full disclosure, I will say that I am a partner in a brand new loan servicing company that just opened its doors.

With less experienced or just poor planning operators, it isn't uncommon that they spend years distributing all the cash out to the owners, and then the time comes for a multi million dollar refresh to maintain the hotel brand, and no one wants to cough up the money back into the entity.