Its all variable.One strategy is the "barbell" strategy where, for example, you use a small portion of funds to do 12%, and leave the rest of your funds at 4%-6% (which now you can do with the "blue chip" stocks) so you capture the high income, but also have dividend growth stocks that both appreciate in value and dividend.

The goal should always to be playing with "house money" and stacking chips indefinitely.That is great that SF's projections are $6k/month on 10 homes.

Find some 2 1/4 strip beat-to-hell old oak floor for that.

Asking this after having searched Biggerpockets for an answer.Would you deduct for scrapes and chips on a new concrete driveway?

We have some old LVP that is oak tone and it is really dated, even though physically it is in good shape.

The difference between you and the average first-time poster here is that you're not in here beating your chest and insisting you can do no wrong because you're all that and a bag of chips.

Things like cracked outlet covers or chipped paint were my responsibility to fix.  

The dining sets we have are either solid pine or oak.

If you are comfortable with the risk, then the difficulty of buyers getting insurance is a negotiating chip. 

Its 4x4 little off white blocks with white grout that has not been kept well and is stained and chipped in areas.