If its a budget listing in a moderate to small town where the guest avatar is a traveling worker, then using high level interior design and unique amenities may not be 100% necessary. 

That is more of a long term play, let the loan get paid down by the rentals and moderate appreciation.

A 2-bed/2-bath condo was listed on MLS/Zillow with an asking price of $235,000, requiring moderate rehab. 

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Just want a safe place to park this money with virtually no risk, small bit of income, and moderate possibility of increase in value of the home.

@Carloz Gil I did reply to your post and looks like moderator got deleted.

I guess some folks have found ways to make it work, but I wonder too how many of them are putting in 90-100 hour weeks to get a moderately better performance vs. just living in a thriving community that already has much of what one is looking for elsewhere?

It allows you to learn how to be a landlord and a real estate investor, moderate your risk, and build equity and offset your living expenses in the process.  

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I want to open up the discussion to something atypical and talk about my adventures in doing what we do in the USA and applying it in South America and Southeast Asia.I am curious what the founders of this site, moderators/admin, etc. think about this and if they could add a feature to list "Other" locations outside the USA.