NETWORKnetwork like crazy. you need to meet people who have moneyThis site is GREAT for that, I've borrowed private money from people I have met off herelocal REIA meetings are great tooalso, market yourself so people know you. when people consider giving you money, they are going to search you on the internet, they want to go to your facebook/twitter/webpage. make sure what they find is as polished and professional as it can be. curate your online presence so when you ask for money people find you legitimate and trustworthy.

It’s easier to fix the irrigation system than the dead landscaping.”Either personally or with a flooring guy I’d try to cover up the scuffs with wax/polish/wood marker, I don’t think most new tenants would see or care.

most think they can buy a turd, take a month to polish it... then refinance and POOF!

It was mostly a cosmetic fixer - new paint, carpets, new bathroom, polish floors, some landscaping.

Gold doesn’t just lay on the ground all nice and polished for you to pick up.

I think this decision really comes down to your management style and where on the spectrum you want to be as a manager, ranging from slumlord up to polished professional.

Ok, so when a person can sell a polished-turd of a property at a 7-cap, how are you going to give a "better deal"?

Polish the crystal ball.

Hi @John FosterI think Polish Hill would meet that criteria.

Also a lot of the renters in the particular area im buying are foreign families (Korean, Polish, Hispanic etc.) due to a charter school a block away and a public school 5 blocks away.