But we are not starving.I think the short answer to your question is solid planning and quality help from financial advisors who can help you design a system that suits your needs.

“Find the deal and they will come”This is how I started and got by but later realized the importance of knowing what your investors want in order to waste less time deciding what to look for.

The numbers are pretty solid.

Typically the types that plug into a standard 110v wall outlet are slow, and you trust that the outlet is solid.

We only look at houses after running the numbers through the calculator, and it has saved us a ton of time we'd have otherwise wasted looking at duds. 

The market and area is very solid, all major and minor appliances are no more than 5 years old.

In general good candidates will have the following: 5 or more years residential construction experience their own subcontractors already in place, so they must be within about 25 mikes of the assigned zip code their ability to estimate a job is essential so they will have to have direct experience doing so as well as solid knowledge in estimation software they should know excel and other basic computer skills, its definitely preferred but if not we can get them an online courseThank you

When you have better applicants you never waste time deciding to turn down a applicant.

They do not care what you put into Capex/repairs and management (it just is a place they can hit and defending it is a waste of time).

If you decide to replace it, you may want to consider vinyl, the new solid core stuff is nice.