Yet when i speak to savvy clients and highly successful long time building owners the answer universally is many markets are ridiculously overvalued and they are not buying. 

Speak to a RE attorney local to the property.  

Interest rates are extremely low right now still (historically speaking).

Roughly speaking, my mortgage payment would deflate (reducing my "rent payment") or if I rented it out the rent increases would inflate, keeping the previous numbers "real."4)  Social Security @ age 62, $1,760.The above scenario does not include my taxable account of  ~ 110K, which is about 15% stocks, 10% bonds, rest high yield savings cash.  

If I repainted I'd be doing it to get the "wow" factor (and fresh-paint smell) of a completely repainted apartment, not because any walls are so bad currently that potential tenants would look at them and run.I no there's no one-size-fits-all answer, but generally speaking, which of these upgrades would deliver the biggest bang for the buck?

A few protective brokerages provide a form stipulate after termination of the contract listing agent is entitled for a commission from the seller.

There are a variety of loopholes if you decided to leave sooner than one year, but you would want to speak directly to a lender to figure out all of those. 

Pre foreclosure lists have always interested me but after speaking to a few high level investors I noticed because of certain policies most investors shy away from pre foreclosure.

I am actually in the middle of ordering the book as we speak!

We're working really hard here to remain professional and helpful in spite of the bad attitude and sense of entitlement we're facing.Hi [ChopperDad],I think I understand a few sources of the misaligned expectations here.