@Jordan Coates You mentioned peer lending sites, are you talking about sites like lending club or realty shares?

Because of this the contractor will be forced to replace both the indoor and outdoor components as well as the copper refrigerant lines connecting them.

But I earn every penny of it.3) Set boundaries with your tenants.Charge and enforce late fees, have fines in your leases, regularly and I mean very, very, very regularly visit your properties.

Create a new wall on the inside or coat the wall2.

Point being,  it sucks sometimes, and even with extensive screening, you can't avoid crap happening, so just fix it up ASAP, get it rented ASAP.. .and go after them for every penny they owe you!    

Then the next house flipping deal was 100k profit, and so on and so forth.I started with nothing and never put a penny in any deal I've made.

Over time, you'll build a few reliable strategies for solving real estate problems.And, for the record, nothing I've suggested will cost you a single penny...

The vacant unit (#4) is a small 1/1 in need of a kitchen remodel and a coat of paint (budgeting $4k).

I basically pay nothing in taxes and add $17k per year to my networth without using a single penny of my own money, assuming no increase in property values for 20 years (unlikely).

All the cake frosting cielings are out, and skim coating is underway...