More effective to door knock in some situations. 

2) Buy a few out of state properties over the next few years, through a well vetted turnkey provider like the one I mentioned above, which should more or less break even or give me a little bit of cash flow, and since I'd end up with a few doors my risk would be a little more spread out? 

I am beachfront (all 4 listings are in the same building, same floor, next door to each other), some are listed as beachfront, others aren't.  

Simple things like a branded email at your domain and a website can open a lot of doors. 

Originally posted by @Eric Mayer:When you have 50+ doors or 100+ doors, would this even cross your mind to worry about?

Fix your cabinet with the missing door, remove the stickers from the mirror and window, close the toilet lid, sweep and mop the floors, use a wide-angle lens, and take pictures from an appropriate angle. 

As soon as people receive their tax refund checks, they will be knocking down your door.

I recently added a half bath were half bathrooms add $50k of value

We installed fresh flooring throughout, updated the bathroom, and gave the entire property a fresh coat of paint inside and out.

they said around 90% of market value.I tried to get them to understand that this property needs a LOT of work, almost a full gut, some holes in walls (small) old carpet needs to be ripped up, i mean like the works on this thing, you can prob get away with touching up the kitchen since its real hardwood and the bathrooms as well but this prop needs at least 80k.Found out owner actually owes 140k on property, and zillow is zestimating it to be 127k.