.- It needed a community face lift and re-brand (was called windmill apartments....yuck.)We came in and strategically worked our business plan:- We upgraded the exterior including fresh paint, signage, and landscaping.- We removed delinquent tenants and changed the community standards around to provide a safe and clean place of living.- We've upgraded 75% of the units with fresh flooring, paint, cabinets, countertops, and appliances as needed.When we took over the property the 16 units were producing around $9000/month in gross rent.I just checked our rent roll today, and we just crossed $17,000 in gross income monthly!

We should visit once the restrictions are lifted.

Families typically bring pets not workers.I get my bad apples usually from Airbnb, not Vrbo.I rarely turn down bookings. 

The bay front development is a virtual certainty to lift area.

One of the 3 bedroom units that was occupied at sale has a chair lift inside to access the upstairs.

Not because they are different investment classes, they are an apples to oranges comparison. 

If only I could get a dollar $ for every time an investor asked me that question.You see guys, it's quite simple.Since our price points are super low (Only $60,000 - $80,000).Most of our investors have more then enough cash to purchase quite a few homes fairly quickly.Thus, we don't have a need to wait for 6-8 weeks to hopefully get the deal across the line via financing.To be honest, we also hate working with lenders and appraisers.Most of them drag their feet and appraisers are super conservative these days due to the Fannie Mae guidelines that were introduced after the fiasco of the Global Financial Crisis.So they are known to intentionally use foreclosed comparable sales to under-appraise properties just to protect their own A$$.This isn't genuine and I've always believed that if you can't fix something or make it better.You need to eliminate it.That's why we have eliminated all financing when buying through our company.I'm sorry.Now, for all of you thinking that you are getting a turnkey property as a "safer" investment for "fair value" just because the turnkey provider offers financing.Think again.After being in real estate for 10+ years and buying/selling over 500 properties world wide.I have seen all of the dirty tricks.An easy one is to influence the appraiser by smudging their eyes with supposed work performed on a house that never really was.Like a "converted attic", "newly installed HVAC", or a "rehabbed garage", etc...Most are too lazy to check these items and will just mark them on the sheet as "done".All of these items would unjustifiably increase a properties value in the thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.At the end of the day, there are always going to be bad apples no matter what.Your job is to find the good ones.No matter how you decide to invest (With cash or financing).Find the right team and you will do well.Find the wrong one and it will end in disaster.I wish you all much success and thanks for reading.ps.

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

its apples and Oranges.

I have done some pretty cool projects from lift structures to digging out lower levels, separating structures and rebuilding from the inside out.