Would depend on your liquidity and net worth for total picture and strategy.If it's a small town has the population growth been strong the last 5 years?

I'm pretty new with this stuff (portfolio type loans) so I guess I pictured this type of loan as a big heloc type loan on a number of properties vs. just tapping equity one at a time.

I'm looking into the Albany/Troy area of New York because buying in NYC is probably out of the picture for me at the moment.

For instance, do you ask tenants to send pictures of the property to determine what repairs need to be made?

Hopefully you will share some pictures of your DIY projects

Take pictures of the condition of the rental; typically 50 to 100 pictures to later download on my home computer as evidence for justifying not returning the security deposit/suing the tenant.2.

However the PM company is open to doing maint work for its customers for any property, not just the properties under management. 

The repairs are light, home was built in 07, I took pictures if interested, mainly the ground floor needs work, drywall, new vinyl kitchen floor, upstairs looks brand new, basement unfinished. 

A top selling agent in the metropolitan Indianapolis area for the last 5 years.Love working with buyers and sellers to help their dreams to come true.Goal to achieve customer satisfaction at the highest level.

I'm a part time investor and bought house number three in June and I've been working towards creating a solid financial picture for banks to get traditional financing for a fourth buy and hold deal: paying down debt, saving six months reserves, filing taxes to show rental income to lower DTI,  and rehabbing (Higher HELOC appraisal)  It's been pretty quiet on my real estate front and I've been wondering if I should be more active trying to acquire house four through creative financing, or mailing yellow letters?