Doesn't seem like they are adapting to the situation.

Don't go with the cheapest.Highest rental income = make sure it is fully occupied at all times or as high as possible.better finishes normally equal higher rent but you also want to be smart, figure out what the market is and adapt your property to it.If your property is in a B class neighborhood, get B class finishes.

The moment we sat down, this guy in a not so tailored suit and very pitchy voice spoke into a wireless mic and started with "How many of you are tired of working your 9 to 5" "What would you do if I told you that you could adapt our system and start collecting checks in just two short weeks?"

It would be a good place to post threads to help them get started and specifically how to use strategies that can be adapted to moving around every 2-3 years.  

As the marines say, "Improvise, overcome and adapt".

Instead, you need to see the overlooked opportunities that are all around you and act on the vast sums of untapped income and unclaimed success just waiting to be harnessed.You probably spend too little time studying the most successful, innovative and profitable ideas people in other industries use to grow and prosper.Yet, if you start focusing on other industry’s success practices, you’ll be amazed at how easily you can adapt these ideas to your own business situation.Suddenly, you’ll see significantly better ways to produce significantly better results from the same time, manpower, effort, activity, and capital.Vision isn't easy.As a result, most people let the opportunity of a lifetime slip through their fingers & live to regret it; but in this case I could make it easy for you to Not let this one slip away so that you can take advantage of this unique opportunity with zero risk.Instead, you need to see the overlooked opportunities that are all around you and act on the vast sums of untapped income and unclaimed success just waiting to be harnessed.In a recessionary economy like this, some 30 million people could be out of work -- they lost their jobs, got put on shortened work week.Millions will be (or are, right now) aggressively looking for business opportunities they can purchase or start.Though most of them don't have a lot of cash to invest, they still need income, they need work, they need productive activity that makes them money and keeps them feeling worthwhile.I believe there’s not one business owner or startup I’ve ever met in North America (and probably the world) who couldn’t, who shouldn’t broaden their perspective and think about how to grow yourself a small or large business empire.And that can mean nothing more than multiplying the size of your current business many times through external leveraged buyout acquisition activities.Or it can mean multiplying it through a roll up. 

I'm not saying that will work in your situation but might be something you can adapt to yours.

Unless Andrew knows how to adapt the numbers to account for the differences in financing, purchasing, etc. the tool could lead him astray.

You can dump all the costs into one account sure, but on your depreciation schedule (usually kept by your tax CPA/EA) yes, the betterments, adaptions, and restorations will be put into service after the initial building, assuming they must be capitalized.It should be noted that when you refi loan costs won't provide an immediate tax benefit. 

Hi @Givanne Nelson, Here are a couple of samples to look at, but they're for Texas so you'll have to adapt for your area - Wholesale Assignment and Wholesale Purchase Agreement.