There needs to be some sort of way to vent the bathroom.I had a non-wood windowsill installed that slopes down so the water doesn't just sit there.Also, no blinds.

As @Jake Hottenrott mentioned I want to look for value and not necessarily price - but at the same time I don't want to blindly pay $$ upfront. 

The blind spot adds another layer of uncertainty with debt because I want to feel confident in my purchase if I'm taking on debt.My dream for a first step would be to buy a 2 unit with a 2.5k mortgage and have both units renting at $1500!

Many people responded I should house hack first in my area to get a handle on how things work before blindly investing out of state. 

Add $800 for paint, floor covering and essentials plus my laborer for 2 days and my total cost was about $1400.I painted the 30 1200 to 2700 sq ft homes in Las Vegas with two helpers including ceilings and it never took more than two days to paint a house and that included removing all the electric wall plates, dropping ceiling light fixtures, removing smoke detectors, cleaning windows, installing new blinds, cleaning bathroom fixtures and it never took the 3 of us more than 2 days because I am good at knowing how to get the most from my workers like a Lakers coach knows which players to put on the court because the cost to do a paint job is not as critical as the time it takes because when I go to Las Vegas to manage a job I have to leave Los Angeles and my 20+ employees without my micro-management and "When The Cat Is Away The Mouse Will Play" if you know what I mean.I am a very difficult person to work for because I am 71-years old, a workaholic, a fast worker and when young workers are slow I fire them within minutes when they are working because I don't like to have to waste my time and stop the work I am doing to constantly check on my workers and I don't like to get emotional and have to keep correcting workers when they work sloppy and slow.

It's like buying a suit of armor to bring to a pillow fight.This herd mentality, where everyone blindly follows the latest 'sophisticated' trend without understanding the why and the how, is not just amusing but financially draining.

Happened too many times for first 3-4 years.There is no risk of loosing the "deposit" either and it's just a bit of skin in the game even tho the skin is always yours to keep heheCovered all angles mate and made this as fool proof as possible but still enough to make folks "jump" through hoops to see who is legit and who isn't.As Chris mentioned, 90% of investors we don't end up working with and even when many commit to the deposit, I refund many times as I don't feel a good fit.Even with such stringent criteria, we still get mud thrown on us here on BP as some folks slip through the cracks.I could only imagine if we took on everyone and just focused on pushing sales.I can sell a TV to a blind man and ice to an eskimo.

Be on the lookout for another message maybe even thread on entrepreneurship and recognizing your blind spots. 

Hi everyone, my name is John Larsen and i can not drive because I’m legally blind;  NOTE that i can see some for example well enough to see the pins at the end of the bowling but can’t see them well  to count them after knocking them down.  

The apartment never had blinds or ceiling fans and it’s simply not worth the cost to install.