I cold call in Dec 2019 for a townhouse that the seller's son was living in but she was waiting for his to move.

Minimalistic yet tasteful staging allows the buyer to see themselves living in the home.

We have lived in the MIL and rented the rest of the home.

I live outside of Idaho Falls.

There are fix and flip loans where the total loan amount needs to be $100K between rehab, property purchase price and buyer down payment (usually 10-20% for a fix and flip loan depending on the property and borrower credit) (so the property before rehab can be worth less than $100K).If you are looking for a loan for an investment property you won't be living in that doesn't require significant rehab / ready to rent / is already rented an option is a DSCR loan.Some DSCR lenders will go down to a $75K appraised value and a $55K loan amount. 

I've watched my parents reach great levels of success through real estate, and I've heard countless stories and witnessed first hand in other peoples lives the power of real estate.

It also makes the tenants sympathetic to you as it seems that you are no longer the "bad landlord" and just someone trying to make a living "just like them".

When AirBNB was at its peak there were people who lived in ghost streets.

I can have my management company pick it up, but they’ll charge about $90/hour plus add 10% to the purchase price.We live several states away, so doing it ourselves is not an option.

If you can live below market in your area, i consider that a win!