For example,  I had a bathroom redone, I also had our front iron railing fixed (new feet welded in, cleaned and painted) and resurfaced the cement steps, and some landscaping.  

The ironic thing is that I also cannot get financing.

The ironic thing is the neighbors listed their house for 224k this past week which may have drove traffic to ours.  

This partnership is still "in the works" and we have yet to purchase anything, but I think these are the kinds of things that need to be ironed out before getting too far down the line with any potential investment.

Please share your experience as everything is ironed out.

I see how the method works, but still have little details myself to iron out.Candace

Ironically, the MLS does have some not so bad deals, and we still source for small multifamily deals here in Baltimore. 

I'm still a bit leery of going that route though.The ironic thing is that there is a ton of rental inventory out there right now, especially in the apartment complexes, but at the same time there are all these financially unqualified people trying to rent.

I assume you mean Iron Bridge. 

I understand that this might be a lesson learned and cut my loses, but ironically he texted me last night demanding receipts for the damage to verify the charges  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯I am plan to try and call up to the base today and see about tracking down his CO and call the collections agency that was posted.Thanks for all the insight.