You are the only one who can make that choice.

I agree with what you say and think that adding value is super beneficial as well!

To avoid the charge, put your real estate into a land trust then assign your beneficial interest to an LLC. 

I've done facility maintenance work in the past for my first job and believe I'd be able to manage contractors but this wasn't a desired choice.

I'd say as long as your not buying top of the line appliances and instead opt for gently used or discounted appliances they should pay for themselves pretty quickly... but nonetheless it is your choice. 

Generally you'd see $5k-6k given your choice of a low DP loan, so that would drive down the CoC. 

When cities and towns can't make ends meet, they have two choices (like any business): increase revenue or reduce expenses.In most cases the ability to reduce expenses is minimal at this point, and the far easier choice is to simply increase taxes.

@Rebecca Salazar the thing that people miss is that the class to get your RE license is way more beneficial to investors than agents.

All parties that have a beneficial interest would have to sign.

That loan was my first choice, and because it wasn't available to me I wasn't able to do as much rehab as I would have liked.