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We still have a lot to learn and any insight, advice or tips about buying single family homes, BRRRR strategy, and out of state investing would be awesome!  

Now we are at like million people on this platform, pretty cool.

@Matthew Paul Thanks for the tips.

But when the market cools in the slightest, Opendoor will have to seriously adjust to make any money.

@Shiloh Lundahl, if the question was asked in reverse to Lenders-in-training: "Is it good to lend 80% or even more to Investors who have no track record and little to no reserves?"

Would appreciate any advice or tips.

Train derailed 3 miles away carrying some hazardous chemical etc.

Any tips and tricks for my first investment property?

I wouldn't just tape those up.....Hard to tell on pix, but it may just be dust that is accumulating in areas due to normal air circulation/turbulence....if that's the case, you really just need to clean the unit up...... dust will kill the efficiency of cooling unitsWorst case is that its something liquid leaking and its blowing that material across that surface and dirt is sticking to thatBy sealing it up without knowing the issue, you are just encasing the issue out of site and will likely just postpone needing to deal with it.Id take the covers off and take  a better look....my gut is that's it dust material