Personally we have started using some colors sporadically in our units to contrast with some of the white walls.

Know the strategy that you will employ and the numbers it takes to make a worthwhile return.  

Clean, friendly, activity rich and lots of employment driving growth as far as I found. 

Are employers moving in, is the population growing, is the average household income high, does it have good market fundamentals?

Generally your hours working at BP as a W-2 employee would not be part of RE professional hours unfortunately.For those who are RE professionals, gain on sale of rental real estate is still capital gains and still avoids self employment taxes just the same for those tho are not REPS so there is no downside to being a REP in the example you provided Scott. 

Hello Ashish, as H-1B visa status doesn't permit in active jobs other than their employer. .

Look for population growth and variety in the number of employers in the area. 

Are you self employed or work a W2 job?

I am a 21 year old and I’m currently employed as a 1099 contractor (intern) for a digital marketing company and have been working there for a little over a year now (Haven’t filed taxes yet).

We had someone submit an application with a fake Visa and fake letter of employment that obviously looked real.