Cheap is expensive!

Avoid surfaces that can stain or feel cheap like low end LVP.

If you can do it, in ground all the way.Nothing screams cheap like an above ground pool.

That is tight leverage for an investment 2nd position loan.A private investor might be willing to do it, it's not going to be cheap at all & will be short-term money & will not be a line of credit to take out at your liking.What is your rate on the 1st?

As per the TK provider business model, property was bought cheap and rehab done (work provided).

You can purchase a cheap camera with a built in cellular connection: Cheap 4G Camera All this needs is a SIM card.

Most all of the cheap rust belt cities are going to have declining populations.

Even for office to market rate residential conversion.And even if you are buying the building super cheap or even getting it for free in that case.The first form of subsidy would be historic tax credits.  

So - somewhere 2 hours away, or somewhere you like to vacation in, or where all your family lives, or where you plan to move someday.Too many people are trying to do exactly what you're doing - pick a market based on a formula - and they end up buying a random 'cheap' property thousands of miles away, turn it over to people they've never met or even spoken to, and then... lose money.  

They get a chance.Quest had two kinds of 401k’s: The cheap version and one with a “Does bookkeeping and some (perhaps all) federal forms” apps.