Many tenants just need an education on how to maintain various building components.

This is an REO property and a field service company is maintaining and checking on the property.

On top of that, if you do get a loan, all the terms are better (helping you maintain that conservative margin), and you can do some short term financing like a 10 or 15 year note... this way a ton of principal gets paid down every month. 

I will also avoid lists until it becomes viable to be able to maintain a consistent flow of marketing. 

The reality of the situation is the cash for keys will incentivize the tenant to 1) maintain the condition of the property and 2) will get them out of the property quicker potentially than an eviction will.

Well maintained property, doesn't look like any major improvements are needed off the bat.  

There are 3 primary problems with using Redfin. 1) They have no idea what they are doing..they often misprice properties, do not know how to compete in a competitive market. 2) Many people in the market place view properties as being listed by Redfin as being poorly maintained.

From the Dallas, Tx area Looking to do some REI while maintaining my current full time job.

Not a hands off investment but I'm working on a system that will allow hands free operation while maintaining good returns.

You never know unless you ask.Once your loan is approved, it is very important that you maintain a strict timeline, stick to your budget, make timely payments, and payoff the loan as agreed.