I do contracting ONLY for the experienced investors, who have already learned there lesson of the $10 per hr craigslist "contractor", and want to move professionally and with mutual respect, and I do it at a razor thin margin not even really making it worth while, just to bolster my volume for leverage with material manufacturers.

By strategically applying depreciation methods and maintaining your properties, you can unlock a wealth of benefits that will bolster your investment portfolio and help you achieve your financial goals.

Also, you can bolster your offer with the bank's asset manager by including comps indicating that other similar foreclosed MF's and SFR's are in fact selling at 50x mthly rents or less, and point out all flaws, time to get leased, etc....

I say that because you mention that one of them has been living there for years and the other a section 8 tenant, who will not be able to afford your next rent payment scale.Think through your action plan and execute it accordingly to bolster your bottom line.Good luck.

My conclusion after talking to a different inspectors, agents, and some of the most successful investors was this: If I'm trying to make real estate investing my full-time, then I should work on bolstering the areas I enjoy/am good at today instead of trying to do trades that only indirectly relate to my goal of becoming a full time investor. 

If you're cash flowing $200 on each, there's a $1,000 that you're probably saving to bolster your emergency fund for these properties.

This would be the first purchase and bought using a VA loan @ 3.75%.My quandary comes after I've bolstered my repair/maint and cap ex funds using the cashflow and personal income (2k/mo) and I start looking towards a second property.

Locals are offered residential development grants by the government of Bermuda to bolster growth.

In Texas, an OA isn't required but was recommended by my attorney to help bolster the appearance that the LLC is a completely separate entity from my personal life.

I'm further bolstered by a 5 to 7 year hold.