It's that simple.Doesn't hurt to have real hardwood floors and A/C as well.

@Melissa Sejour Its a great question we all had starting out.

You can build the tool yourself but it will take time. 

You have to borrow your equity and then make payments on it.

I did not want to spend 50K on doing separate meters for where I have my rentals it would cost me this much.

It's exciting to see your focus on building a real estate portfolio for financial freedom!

This isn't including a management since they currently do it themselves.

I'm doing this exact thing right now- I've been pleasantly surprised by how many people in my network have resources, cash and interest in something like this. 

I think our best client in the last 4 years we probably made them $750,000.Then I get the call from the one property owner trying to nickel and dime me that we will charge $190 for his townhome and he can get someone else to do it for $125.

It definitely takes discipline, a growth mindset, and educating yourself but you can certainly do it!