I am looking to buy properties that will be minimally cash flow neutral with a long term appreciation.I will appreciate any ideas.

:-PI would give the cabinetry a good cleaning, lose the valances, and stick with neutrals for the countertops.Color is very personal and can easily turn off tenants.

We have a standard neutral palette of colours we use in all our rentals - this allows us to purchase paint in 5gal containers and regardless of who gets sent to the supplier for "kitchen" paint, the bring back the same thing.

For Example a 1200 sq ft 3 bed home with neutral decor will rent for x amount of dollars.After you have figured out the rent and the product you want, factor in the 50% rule and then set the auto MLS search parameters for a low enough price point that it cash flows.

Available to used credit will affect your score heavily.Example 1,000 limitYou constantly use 75% or 750 ( aversely affects score)Use 50% or 500 ( It's a neutral mark)Use 33% or less 330 ( this will generally help boost your score).No legal advice.

And if I can keep finding deals, I am pretty sure it's a gold mine.Note: Tried doing some due diligence, and it just happens that a lot of naysayers hate the Rich Dad system (95% sounded like buyers remorse), but with the amount that go through the classes, I wonder why none of the people who actually go to a class say anything about it(if they do, it's just very neutral). 

By the way, do you have any thoughts - good, bad, or neutral - about using loopnet to find multifamily investments?

I seriously doubt a judge would remove someone from title simply because they couldn't be served.If there is animosity between the two, then the best bet would be for You to find the girl friend, as a neutral third party, bearing gifts.

@Chris Clothier   the risk on the low end is the exclusion in many insurance policies for vacant house's when they get vandalized and stripped many times your out of pocket to fix those things and one event like that and that property will take 10 years to get back to neutral not to mention positive cash flow.. so that is why in my opinion C class or 2% rule being that most of the 2% rule I think we have determined is C class or worse..

Install a standard lowes neutral tile and replace the countertop to match.