Anyone who can suggest a hack to cut through the heavy competition (I've been turned away by sellers who liked me, due to Broken Wholesaler Promises that left a bad taste with them).

It was a little expensive for my taste, but I think the KillZ + good paint took care of it for the most part.

@Ryan Billingsley, I will try the new app. stitcher is a bit buggy for my tastes and consumes a lot of data unnecessarily.

To give a taste of the building style: indoor lighting from reflected sunlight.

I even rented it out for 6 months so I got a little taste of being a landlord.

Ever since I bought and rented my house and had a taste of REI and knew since then that's what I want to get into.

And when I ask them if they think they can get a rent bump by painting the interiors, renovating the kitchens, adding light, and just some general lipstick on a pig, they tell me they think the max they can get is $75 extra a month….maybe.Most people would just walk after hearing all that.And I would walk if it were not for the story on the second apartment across the street.I walk across the street to the “other” apartment, same year built, same area demand, and the leasing office is well lit, much nicer, smells good, has a friendly face, a sign that says, “we love pets”, and the leasing agent immediately greets us and has info on pricing and availability of the units.We tour the property and the grass is cut, it has a nice new paint job, new furniture out by the pool.The units are simple but tastefully renovated.But here is the kicker, they are getting $200 MORE per unit.What does this mean?

Generally, I only buy a property if I can...a) Improve the owner's situation and cash in on their motivation.b) Capitalize on a desirable property in a desirable area that's just been mismanaged.Otherwise, you could just be tasting your realtor's commission breath.For instance, I had a realtor try to market a 32 unit multi-res to me that I was already managing.

Then winter wraps up with a punch in the face, January comes and is moving into February and we can almost taste spring, and everyone is saying "oh dear God when will the sun come back out" and that's when God shows his humor, because now comes the Polar Vortex and it hit's -50, or worse, and -20 starts to feel almost warm. 

In fact, if you live in it, you can get a loan with as little as 3% down.Once you have a taste for purchasing and managing rentals, you can then reconsider entering into commercial properties.Hope this helps,Jesse