Keep the property clean, updated and rented to good tenants.

Make cosmetic updates if needed, offer free months rent on a longer lease, make sure your units have qualities like laundry and AC. 

Currently, they appear to be rushing into putting lots of offerings on the market these days but if Fund 4 is any indication, they are not doing the required due diligence on the quality of what they are offering.   

Completely agree with you on this; I'm not making any claims to the quality of these lenders here.

., guest communication, cleaning, or repairs), and hours worked.

And there are some investors who go for those lesser quality areas, because they have experience in those types of properties and know they can buy there inexpensively. 

Are there specific qualities or terms you look for that make the relationship a good fit for your investment strategy?

Or we gradually perform high-quality updates for a live-in flip, then roll the equity into a new home.Regarding rental income, we aim to boost income, lower our effective tax rate by generating more low tax-drag income with rental income (since there’s not much we can do to lower out W2 tax bills) and have retirement cash flow.To compare the financial impact over 10-20 years, we want to analyze renting versus flipping.

@Ofir R.Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

3) What neighborhoods would you recommend in this price range if I'm targeting high quality tenants?