Located in a promising area of Richland, MO, the home was a blank slate for value-driven improvements.

I agree they had communication issues during a transition period that we dealt with, but things have improved from last year. 

Learn to outperform the market by looking at property entry values and resale values based on improvement.

Also, you are totally right, I will approach this one rental at a time to both improve my skills and check is this is for me.

I wonder if rent control laws will be easing anytime soon in this city - other than capping rent prices, I don't think they do anything to help improve the quality of rentals.

Also, you are not buying at a premium and can allow the property to appreciate if that said area is historically improving. 

After some minor maintenance projects and improvements, have had very few issues and cashflow has been slightly better than expected.

Investing in curb appeal, such as landscaping improvements, can make a significant difference.

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On the other hand, these both are markets that are growing steadily so once you improve the property the equity is there.