My recommendation for his situation was to refinance the property and pull 200k cash out or more, pay down some other debt, and use the remainder to upgrade the two vintage units, as well as purchase more property that cashflows.   

Maintenance totally comes down to vintage of the property and how well ownership has managed prior to your purchase. 

@Jay BenThere is no list but you can always do a reverse due diligence: - Find several apartment complexes that fit your investment criteria (e.g. location, size, vintage). - Check public records for ownership. - If a property is owned by a company, look up that company on Corporation Wiki, Open Corporate or similar websites. - Find key people. - Lookup those people to see if they also run some kind of investment or private equity company. - Find the company website and send then an inquiry if they take investors.On a second thought, why do you insist on NY or LA? 

Beautiful vintage brick building with 90 walkscore.

You may want to look into vintage/retro campers that have been restored? 

Then there are all of the vintage campers, airstreams, glamp tents, yurts etc  that can’t rent out.

It’s an unfurnished 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car attached garage house near The Vintage and Methodist Willowbrook in North Houston.

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This is because no two properties are exactly alike - they may have different numbers of units, unit mixes, amenities, vintages, or classes.

So personally I don't trying to predict and instead rely on a vintage year strategy.