Then go on to do pro forma, throw some $$$ in the pot and get it done. 

Barely cash flowed.Class C-D tenants are hard to manage, slow pay, pot smokers, trash, it's always something2018 back to full occupancy, almost, at the end of May, now for the end of June, 5 open unitsDid I mention tenants can't hit the dumpsterAnd when they leave they fill the dumpsters with you name it. 

My last tenants brought in German cockroaches.I advised her to use harris cockroach tablets and roach motels.I advised her to set off bug bombs.I left4 in linen closet.she left keys Sept 10 and packed up a airstream trailer.She said she might have to rent a truck and return as garage was half full w cardboard a big bags garbage.3 cans of recycles and garbage.A compresser grease rags.Tenants broke up husband left for Vegas in beginning of Aug.He called me Aug 30 and verbally gave 30 day notice and by text.Previous tenants lease expired oct1 2018.House was not left clean as I had 3 girls cleaning before aswell as myself.I have a cleaning service.HOUSE WAS PRISTINE WINDOWS AND SCREENS CLEAN.Refrigerator was full aswell as pantry.empty bottles and jar of grease as well as a pot of slimy water left under sink.while female tenant was recovering from surgery in Palm springs ca.I had to go water 3 stainless steel troughs w bamboo as heat was causing bamboo to die.Female tenant had a infection from surgery.

They are very hard to do without a pot of seed money that allows you to close and get possession. 

End result it seems we are getting the upset price of 236k, so not a total disaster , but still a far cry away from the 100k per year NET I would be getting or sales price of 600k or more.   

Hello everyone, good day,This post is for some advice and feedback into how best to invest $10k in real estate and to share some ideas for critique.We have been building our investing cash pot for a while and we are at $10k, we have one house currently which is our homestead with approx. $100k in equity, great mortgage rate at 3.7 and if rented would yield approx. $200 dollars on top of what our mortgage payment is.

I've never seen this layout before, and would think that there should be some buffer if a boiling pot of water spills over. 

These people focus on pots, not wires.Thanks, Mike.

You can offer more to the tenants agent to sweeten the pot. 

Adding crisp white towels, a decorative soap dish and small potted plant on a window sill is a expensive way to elevate a bathroom.