Professionals with decades of experience and very impressive track records do all the heavy lifting for you.

Thanks,  I am happy to be on here.It is a stable, sort of boring market.If you place a great ad, and screen well you can find tenants pretty quick.Since not much changes in the local economy (university / hospital / military town) the prices do not increase quick, so it is touch to get a lift in value on a building without doing big renos or holding for a long time.Michael P Currie

It's going to be older/neglected real estate, so the sellers will generally go along with it if it helps get the house sold.Example:Identified a below-grade un-permitted basement bathroom with a jenky pump lifting the toilet waist up to ground level and into the sewer system that was all sorts of a hot mess, no way anything about that bathroom is up to code. 

My income level is under 50,000I have plans to buy Apple stock with the money.

Real estate investing can be an up and down game, when you are frustrated or discouraged you will not succeed if you don't lift your head up and keep moving forward. 

Professionals with decades of experience and very impressive track records do all the heavy lifting for you.

I truly believe that 'many hands make light work' and that a 'rising tide lifts all ships' !

How can you get them to help you accomplish something real, in the real world, without you lifting a finger.You will have to use a lot of your leadership ability and persuasion skills, but it is possible to get things done.

I had to push the closing back to accommodate the LIFT downpayment assistance program.  

You have to make sure you're comparing apples to apples.