I think you'd be hard pressed to get anything to cash flow there with a decent ROI.

Hi @Dea Chu -- You would be VERY hard pressed to see me invest in Cali now. 

I thought keeping it occupied would be my best choice and that I would start by fixing the most pressing issues like the lack of hot water and trash removal. 

As to the photos of the rehab in the OP, I noticed you used a casement style window on the front of the house; I personally would have avoided a casement at the front porch, because the outward opening sash is likely to bang into a chair or bench that would be great to have on a porch, plus when a casement is open people could damage the window.

@Mario Gutierrez You are going to be hard pressed to find anyone that will do any sort of staging for less than $1000.  

There has been a lot of press on the issue of lying lately and the context of and reason for the lie is used to justify it.

-scour your "rough" neighborhood 5 years statistics (you want to see improvement)-scour your local press, local town news (you want to see plans to do something/improvement)-check former owners building history, any permits pulled in the past-take some of the hardcore local landlords to a dinner/coffee to see how they are doing it in the area-make a few visits to the local HA and find out the inners.

The sole purpose of this is to setup a phone call for a fishing expedition to determine how much liquid cash or credit the prospective student has available and then to go for all of it which is why there is no set price to join the Rhino Group and why you'll be hard pressed to find two people who've paid the same amount. 

Good now I can stop pressing to find that holy grail.  

(read "Deal Maker" by Jerry Wallace Career Press Books on this).3.