Don't forget how the kids also learn in schools that they need to wear/have the newest, latest, and greatest! 

@Brian KrauseThanks for your insights and i'm not offended :) i reached out to here comments, positive and negative alike, its all for my benefit.I did fix up some stuff after the photos were taken, plus the kind of people buying here are very simple and not looking for the 2016 latest model car or house and not complaining about finishes, its just the layout that is in the way.Thank you again for your helpful tips!

Smart buying, houses without recent updates, and then spending a couple-three years bulletproofing them as rentals with tile, xeriscaping, appliances, etc.We just re-used my VA eligibility on the latest three years ago and hope to step off this one onto a sailboat.....

I still remember the shrieking "can you call you dog off".I didn't.Now I suppose it's like that scene in the latest DeCaprio movie.

If the current rent isn't the latest max amount, you should be able to enter into a new contract for the new maximums.  

The latest request was for me to baby proof his house (not happening, by the way).

Also I want to take the opportunity and welcome to BP one of the newest members and my latest referral #251 @Scott Drennan!

Designers and manufacturers always have to change the latest fad in order to prompt consumer demand.

I am not sure how they enforce this (the city inspector asked during my latest inspection, but I only had people in my 4 bed unit so it wasn't an issue) 

Here's the latest on costs for a garden variety 1031 - https://www.biggerpockets.com/...As mentioned reverse exchanges have become much pricier in the last couple of years.