From my understanding, TurnKey providers are geared towards investors who want to do the least work possible (less time / less return).

I've bought about a half-dozen REOs in the past year for LESS than my original bid...Basically, I put in an offer, got rejected, waited for the price to drop, put in a lower offer, got rejected, blah, blah, blah, until finally I put in an offer that was accepted...each time LESS than the original offer...I've purchased multiple REOs for nearly $20K less than my original bid on the same house in the same condition...And only once did a bank come back to me to ask if I was willing to resubmit my original bid before dropping the price...

The advice is timeless and I am a huge fan, no matter the application.

I go timeless B&W subway tiles.

If you're not a REIA member, you have to scale up buy purchasing a certain quantity of paint to get the discounts.As far as paint to buy at HD for my rentals, I'm a huge fan of PPG Timeless Eggshell, paint color: Sherwin Williams "Agreeable Gray." 

I've just finished a down to the studs renovation so it's a beautiful little home (more cozy and timeless than trendy/artsy), but doesn't have a pool or hot tub.I'm also finding short term rental insurance policies to be so expensive in this zip code, making it that much harder to profit on a short term rental.

My business library has many books in it some decades old which I routinely refer back to because I can't remember every detail of a subject matter and each case is unique but techniques and terms can be timeless and are relevant even today. only a fool completely ignores history and the past... yes it is important to adapt but sometimes old tools work just better.

Chattanooga seemed like an emerging market, and at the time, less competitive than Nashville.

I agree- my style is more timeless rather than too trendy. 

@Brent Coombs I've used that term myself, and I think we may have stumbled upon the perfect description of the "Rust-Belt" REI market:It just plods along.And not that I have any delusions of ending the timeless war between Cash-Flow and Appreciation investors, but can we at least all admit that you can be smart or stupid in either strategy?