-Next time, use a brighter paint color. 

Laser tape measure, or a real one to measure rooms.Bolt cutters or a small tool kit that goes in the car.Powerful flashlight for looking in dark homes.A few spin key boxes to put on vacant homes.Books on real estate, like The Millionaire Real Estate Agent book, The One Thing, or The Millionaire Real Estate Investor.Some kind of BP subscription or books.

When we go to a showing, I often have a flashlight, ladder and coveralls in the car so that I can hit the attic and crawlspace right there.

Thank you for reading my introduction, and I look forward to making a brighter future for me, and my family.

On the brighter side, I no longer get stolen from every month and was able to find out about $3,000 of damages that were ignored by management previously and get it fixed before it caused bigger problems.

Setup alerts on Zillow and Redfin for keywords that may indicate a fixer upper (handyman, handy man, fixer, investor, invester, TLC, flashlight). 

It's fantastic to see your determination to create a brighter future for your family through real estate investing.

New lights, brighter bulbs.  

to start: large level and small level power tools (drill, saws, nail gun, multi tool) screw drivershammersmeasuring tapesstud locatorchalk stringpry barvicesmagnet wire stripper flashlight tapes (duct, blue, masking)paint brushes, rollers, pans gloves putty knifestraight edge cutting tool steel woolpapertowels, shop towels  garbage bagsmagic eraser

It is also very satisfying to see a struggling family get up on their feet and find a brighter future because someone gave them the opportunity.