The threshold you are talking about should be the least of your worries and is something you can't afford not to have; do you want to gamble $150 vs $2,500 of potential disaster?

Its always a gamble but the flood variable adds risk that is hard to quantify up front.

With the cosmetic stuff I would be gambling that higher rent to help cover the eventual HVAC and windows, or a BRRR to take cash out.I don't expect the seller to take the offer.

You should be shooting for at least $100 per month per door in real cash flow.Of course none of this takes into consideration the appreciation game/gamble or amortization, however, if your goal is income, you need to be fully educated on operating expenses and all other costs associated with owning rental units.

How about the old and occasional appreciation misspelled as "gambling".

Using TLD's like .house also may indicate spam to some technologies. 

I had no idea anyone else at work did this sort of thing until I started mentioning it in our intranet spam room.  

Depending on the rental market there raising the rents could be a gamble.

Your email may be in their spam folder. 

How do I block people that spam info I'm not interested in in the Market Place?