Purchase price: $137,999 Cash invested: $15,000 Sale price: $260,000 Rental House purchased in 2006 and was my primary residence until 2019.

And it can work, but like you noted, if you are trying to create a commodity house, then fine.  

They typically do not add value to the house, so when the buyers are looking at comparables, none of them sit there and say...well every other house sold for $200,000, but my gosh this one has solar panels....let's pay $240,000 for this one.Maybe one day, maybe someplace, but NOT today in NJ I expect.Only way I would even look at solar panels is if it is for your forever house, and you have enough land to install them on the ground, not on the roof....so maybe if you have 1-5 acres or more. 

I'm guessing you also have checked for the ARV and what houses in the area are selling for to help determine if it's worthwhile.

I've looked into house hacking and then moving out in 2 years but that option isn't changing anything. if someone wants to walk me through using the BP calculator and possible show where I'm over compensation on expenses.

Hi all,I received an invoice from my plumber, but need to get official drawings of connecting our back house to our main septic tank.

I'm considering purchasing a residential lot in the DFW area to build a house.

I found it on an auction site and contacted the realtor/broker who was my neighbor in my last house.

Hi, my LLC is about to start a rehab on a future STR lake house that the LLC will manage via rental arbitrage. 

I usually dont even consider flood properties unless something drastic has changed, such as the house has been lifted several feet.