That will always point you in the right direction and get you better quality tenants and possibly, free referrals from those tenants, once your place becomes vacant, eventually. 

In my experience flippers make the quality of a city improve, but like @Greg H. said, there is the "you aren't from around here" factor at play.

I'd be lying if I said I never used an unlicensed roofer but as a licensed builder myself I can pull permits and check the quality of work, both on jobs before ours and on ours. 

We’re the guys on speed dial for the listings they don’t want to deal with.

I am still getting plenty of interest, but the tenant quality feels less desirable in general than last year.

We are planning on using the house hacking strategy and transferring into a more BRRRR method to speed things up once we gain experience.

Sending a higher quality mail piece that is interesting to the prospect is the best way to get conversions in a hot market.

The cashflow is very insignificant compared to how much a property's value can be increased by doing some cleaning inside and out, painting, making the yard look nicer, bringing in better quality tenants and normal appreciation.

It’s not speed that counts; it’s taking regular small steps in the direction of your stated goal, with a guide at your side.

It sounds like a low-quality, hollow-core door.