But if your budget is tight or your home only needs minor updates, your real estate agent can help you think outside of the box by suggesting simple DIY staging tips to help your home look its best.Bottom LineStaging your house properly can make it much more attractive to buyers, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution, and every home shines differently.

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It's a market that fits a lot of out state buyer's buy box due to the price-to-rent ratio, but investing out of state is not easy.

I want to create a GMB profile for a market I invest in, but I don’t have a physical office address in that state.I’ve been looking into virtual address services like iPostal1, but I’m concerned it won’t be approved by Google since they seem to have strict rules about virtual or P.O. box-style addresses.

I admire your spirit and outside-the-box thinking my friend.

It checks all my boxes for potential.

-Recurring and Seasonal Maintenance Tracker -Finding a Market-Analyzing a Market-Property Closing Checklist-Underwriting and Analysis Worksheet-Due Diligence Checklist -Buy Box Checklist There is no reason to recreate the wheel.

In my state the standard contract used by realtors addresses this issue by allowing the agent to check a box specifically to limit the seller to keeping the EMD as opposed to going after "liquidated damages" like that.

I'd say just start your search with all 2-4 unit properties, and when you find one where the numbers make sense and it checks your other boxes (somewhere you actually want to live and house hack), then it probably makes sense. 

What is your REI buy box?