Buying turnkey and adding small updates here and there has proven far more fruitful for myself and other buyers (unless you have too much cash lol). 

If I had rented a machine and installed my own boot on this pipe I would probably have done it for less than $2500. 

Maybe that 2yr washing machines decides to die --- they really don't make them like they used ... 

Some owner/aggregators tried to throw more tech at the process; some owner/operators didn’t care because they were building machines to only eat equity.

He wants out of the business completely. he just wants to retire and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

If the answer is not a resounding yes I take a minute and re-evaluate what I am doing.Once you have for some people 7 figure wealth and others 8 figure wealth you let off the gas and start enjoying more fruits of your labor as you get older and time becomes more and more precious. ( Dust in the wind ) song is very real (not another minute will your dollars buy).

(both properties cash flow $1,300/month so they are money machines)My other option (not ideal) is to put 20% down come out of pocket about $15k, dump $10k into rehab and be $25k into a house that will appraise at for $80k.

SAVE a bunch of your income.. starting off being a high income earner .... all things that help you create this machine as fast as you did.Have you thought about using the cash flow your not touching to start paying off your highest interest rate loans first. you get them paid off its like owning another unit without having to buy one.. your pay day comes when these are all paid off.. !!

I have been using deal machine to look up the properties on the list to find information about the properties, owners etc.

That is what it all boils down to.If a lender asks what your plan is and you say there is a new slot machine in Vegas you want to try out, that probably isn't going to fly.If you say you found a 4 bed 2 bath built in 2015 that you can buy for $350,000 and after fix up of $40,000 will sell for $500,000 that gets the conversation started.