Of course, I deal with larger buildings (100 up to 1500 unit Type I, III, and V mixed-use projects), the process is not much different.  

This would mean negotiating purchase price to 312K would be ideal (not sure how feasible).Hope that provides some food for thought.

Example of the kit: http://www.homedepot.com/p/5-16-in-x-60-in-x-60-in...Measure the screens (ideal to use the old broken one as a go by, and you may be able to just replace the screen portion if it is only ripped). 

The problem is that Houses don't take care of themselves...The idea with Investing is that you are trying to use Leverage to make Money, ideally with, Other Peoples Money.

I hope that gives some light what wholesalers "ideally" do and benefits of having them in your team.Instead of rehabbers worrying about finding deals especially the new ones they can depend on wholesalers to do the marketing for them.

The ideal goal is to house hack a fourplex to get our feet wet, while looking for a value-add apartment complex where we can really get the ball rolling and scale.From word of mouth and research that I have done of South Kansas City, here are my ratings of the area.

I know it may not be ideal, but that's a $1600 a month difference to you. 

It's 1br/1bths which I consider less than ideal in FayettevilleDefinitely some opportunity there 

In your case I would definitely go with the smart thermostat, because you really don't have an ideal setup anyway - the heat will never be the same everywhere in the building, with the people on the top complaining of the heat and the ones on the bottom complaining of the cold, both in summer and winter.

@Joseph Canini, the ideal scenario would be to acquire properties while you had steady income as it would be easier to get a mortgage.Without a "job" you will need to purchase via your cash, private loans or HML, which will cost a lot more.You could look for a JV money partner.