@Kate J. you may also want to consider not installing appliances so your high end buyer can choose what they want or leave it up to them to get them after closing.

Now as of closing according to the appraisals we have $112,000 in equity in the properties, which leaves us with about $90,000 to pursue other deals when we find one. 

This TK investing being sold on BP is about to leave a lot of people with serious financial issues.Real Estate is full time job not a hobby.

We're excited to get started with real estate investing and are looking for opportunities out-of-state; primarily in Kansas City and Tampa.Our goal is to achieve enough passive income through rentals to completely leave our full time jobs.I currently work as a Digital Marketing Analyst at a SaSS company and my wife is a high school teacher.

It is generally best to stay away from those properties for a number of reasons.1. as others have told you the work is not always done properly2. trying to squeeze 2 units out of one can often leave you with weird floorplans that have small rooms, doors to nowhere etc.3.

If that's the case I'd consider leaving them where they are. 

I wish someone had told me before because I would never have renews his lease and now we are a week into the new one... my intent is to ask him to leave by the end of the month and if he does not I will start eviction proceedings.

That leaves me with a negative cash flow of $150...

I used to leave a combination of small flashlights, Cadbury Bars, single serving bottles of wine, nail clippers or a multitool on every bed. 

My personal opinion is that agents make too much off all sales with very little (or no) skin in the game.