Now on top of that there is material deliveries that are in concert to this. 

With returns dwindling due to higher acquisition costs for market rate properties, I feel a huge value add can be achieved through concerted revitalization efforts that bring areas of bad stock slowly back to market rate.

@Herwin G. its against the law for agents to give you cash back out of their commission.what they are doing is negotiating with the seller to lower their commission in concert with lowering price.. you get the benefit of the discount but not cash

They have been focusing on a lot of fun summer activities there including outdoor concerts.

You also need to account for cultural experiences (Broadway, Museums, Concerts), food choices and quality of said choices(I may or may not have cried when my favorite chinese take-out place closed for good due to COVID19), dating scene etc.  

I’d like to take a more concerted effort into real estate.

It was really evident this past weekend w/ all the Dead Heads in town for the 3 days of concerts.  

I also set the bar high in an ad and maybe using something like Google Forms or Survey Monkey to screen out people who are not driven and who don't take pride in their work.Beyond free firewood and concert tickets, not sure that Craigslist is your best bet.

It takes a concerted effort over a long period of time for this to work.If anything, I recommend that you keep refining your strategy, but KEEP GOING.

She was working 50+ hour weeks for half what I make (and doing well), and I was the crazy one because I spent a lot of weekdays wakeboarding and drinking beer and did fun stuff like ball games, concerts and shows 5 days a week.