I went back to the recently-started washing machine.  

My bank has a coin machine and they don't charge me. 

Home warranty will help pay for a broken furnace or washing machine.

It can be a lead gen machine if you throw $5,000/mo. at it.  ;-)

Further to your advice on storing appliances, I had a washing machine and wanted to store it in an unheated garage.

.- SEO might seem like a slower approach than targeted ads, but the best part about SEO is that after you've got an established website and become a local authority, you've got a well-oiled machine that should help provide leads whenever someone searches the keywords you've optimized for.- I recommend outsourcing SEO to people in the same time-zone (communication is very difficult/slow when outsourcing to countries that are waking up as you go to sleep) as you and to those who can speak the language you're going to want to optimize your website for fluently.Feel free to ask any specific questions and I'll be glad to answer!

You want your process to be a well oiled machine when you go that route.

I just had a tenant hire movers to move out and they left the hoses for the washing machine hanging in the laundry room which was on the second floor. 

Off market deals found by driving for dollars, networking, mailing campaigns, etc.Buying through a wholeseller.Foreclosures that can't get a certificate of occupancy for one reason or another, and there are some pretty dumb/minor reasons as well as major ones.The caveats to the list above are that you will need to do more of your own due dilligence to ensure the deal is a good one ... this includes:Doing your own comparative market analysis to make sure the price is a good deal, since there will not likely be an appraisal done in escrow.Have a title company do a preliminary title search before making an offer to spot any liens or title issues ahead of time, since title insurance may not be obtained in escrow.Have a general contractor walk the property with you (if possible) to validate scope and cost of repair work, since an inspection may not be done in escrow.Then, once you purchase, rehab, and rent the place, you can cash out refinance to pull money to put into your next deal if you like (called the BRRRR strategy around these parts) ... x10 of these for you, and x10 for your spouse = up to 20, 30 year fixed mortgages through fannie/freddie ... then you can go to local banks to get portfolio loans for more if you like ... or not and stay free and clear and the houses should print cash flow for you like little ATM machines ...

There were 5 people with rally big machine guns pointing at us.Our driver said "don't worry, those are just Honduran guerillas guarding their drug turf.