Many of us won't get the chance to speak personally with Brandon Turner, but we could speak with him right now if we open his books or listen to his numerous podcasts.

It was 11 pipefitters in a really big house, they invited me to partake in the nightly entertainment for no charge. 

To get rents up, it needs numerous projects completed. 

The numerous regulations Bloomsburg has on landlords and the complete reliability on student housing to uphold the market.

We spent about $1800 staging the home and it made the home look so much more inviting.

There are numerous benefits to this other then the obviously huge financial benefits as an agents commission on average of 5% is not needed to be paid by the seller. 

The interest rates of many residential Fannie and Freddie loans (ARM's) as well as numerous types of commercial loans are based off LIBOR plus a spread.  

I do agree that spending an excess amount of money would probably not provide a good return, but ignoring something like landscaping (which can be spiced up for a few hundred dollars), seems like an invitation for a low appraisal.  

On the podcast, I've heard numerous times the term 'acquisition specialist'.

There are also numerous podcasts, youtube videos and BP posts on the subject so I will leave it to you to dive into that information.