On one hand the seller obviously wanted as much money as they could get.

You can wargame scenarios to decide what you think is best.On the other hand, that is a pretty sizeable rehab budget. 

The best contractors don’t just throw their hands up when issues arise; they come up with solutions and keep the project moving forward.5.

I don’t know anything first hand about the market, but I looked it up on Airdna.  

Imagine a welfare system that was centric to a hand UP. 

I don't know the #'s off hand but I feel safe in saying L.A. would go bankrupt yr2 if not yr1.It's not remotely feasible.  

The ban in Asheville proper started in 2016 though, and we don't seem to have more affordable housing as a result.

Happy to share resources or insights that might help as you get started!

What I find to be most valuable: Ease of use, cost-savings and efficiency and here's what I mean: If using an interior designer to furnish your rental, they will hand you a list of supplies + furniture to buy and what I was able to do with Minoan is upload that list as a CSV file and then they come back with a quote of all of the items they can fulfill along with their respective discount. 

I started out with little to nothing when I was in the Army and building up properties slowly.