Trying to match the color that is already on the wall is just about impossible, even with left over paint from the initial painting.

I’m not sure how investors are managing their properties from a different state when it seems to be impossible to find a reliable good property management company in Cahokia, do you have any advice or suggestions on this?  

However, in this market i find it difficult/impossible to not have negative cash flow after extracting the value add at maximum LTV.  

Lake side homes are more desirable for short term rentals in this area but not impossible to accomplish.

turnkey section 8 is not going to be like buying a brand new home there will always be differed items or stuff that does not work etc.. age of homes makes this impossible. then you add section 8 tenants and  there you go

In the current market, it's pretty much impossible to have any positive cash flow in the 2-4 unit space with long term rentals, unless you're putting ~40-50% down, not only focused on the cash flow per se, but rather simply not being in the negative.

Perhaps it has something to do with the statistical average where in Australia, if you are borrowing 75% on property in the cities or suburbs, it is almost impossible to get positive cash flow ANYWHERE, whereas BP subscribers are aware that in MANY parts of the USA, the opposite is true.

Short term is always tough but not impossible at all especially with the high level of education and good hospitals in MA.

By the math of it, CA is making it impossible for carriers to operate in CA areas of fire risk.

Out-of-state investing makes the most sense for me—it’s impossible to cash flow anywhere near me, and moving wouldn’t make sense because I wouldn’t be able to earn the same wages or find the same kind of jobs.Before this purchase, I already owned two properties: a long-term rental outside Houston, Texas, and a short-term rental in the Sierras in California.