If your credit ****** you need to hit up creditrepair.com or some other credit repair  company  and work on getting yp to about a 680 or more with you learning  from jerome.   

Typical renovations include:Cosmetic Updates: Painting, flooring, kitchen and bathroom upgrades, and landscaping.Structural Repairs: Fixing any underlying issues such as foundation repairs, plumbing, or electrical updates.Efficiency Improvements: Adding energy-efficient windows, new HVAC systems, and better insulation to increase the property's overall value.The goal of the rehab phase is to increase the property’s market value while making it an attractive place for tenants.

Electrical next but mostly for eligibility purposes. 

. - So, that leaves electric & gas.

My goal is to shift from buying to paying off my properties as soon as the paid off property bar hits $11k per month. 

(So if you look at it that I bought it for $125K and it makes $1800, that hits the 1% rule. 

The deal flow I was getting wasn't hitting my own numbers so I called it quits.

Not if you buy 10 at just the right time to hit their sales target.

I wonder if there is a way to web scrape for when a new realtor is hired or passed exams in the area so that I could hit them up immediately.  

However what happens when the tenant vacates and now the unit has to be turned over/takes a few months to find a new tenant and during that same period of time the sewer line goes and you get hit with that $15,000 cap ex expense in addition to the vacancy and turn over costs.