The rental had ratty furniture, a record player prominently featured in the marketing but it had no speakers, missing basics items in the kitchen, lots of drunks in the concrete hallways that reverberated right into the bedroom at 2am, a strong odor of urine outside, and more.We have super hosts in this forum that have hundreds of 5-star reviews and are masters of the craft, but I look at their rentals and see they don't have any artwork on the walls, decor is basic, they do nothing to make the guest feel welcome, etc. 

I have some concrete pads in the back of some of my homes, and I have added Costco type storage units to rent it out.

Funny enough, after making a few calls to my network in Scottsdale, plus tapping into a couple of connections I’d developed through some late-night investor meetups, we found a buyer quicker than he could polish off his morning espresso.

Construction is mainly CMU, Concrete, and Steel (at least for my projects), and there is a bottle neck of those resources as only few supply the area.

Allow me to explain something to you.What people call "chest pumping" simply is proving others that are wrong with concrete data showing them they are wrong and why, so they can learn and grow from it.

We just discovered a crack in the concrete slab foundation that is a borderline major problem:- It is a vertical crack about 1/8 inch wide that is at least 9ft long, which is causing a 3/4 inch drop in the flooring and some evidence of old (luckily) limited moisture and termite intrusion. - BUT, it also appears old and probably a symptom of the original house settling.

I’m no polished writer, and my grammar might not be perfect, but I hope to find some fun and value in posting here regularly.

I’m no polished writer, and my grammar might not be perfect, but I hope to find some fun and value in posting here regularly.

Also, a basement with a poured in concrete foundation is a lot easier to finish and waterproof. 

But at turnover you needed better paint and change out window coverings almost always.. change carpet every other tenant.. glad i had concrete floors in the main living areas..