Oftentimes, workers do not make great designers and painters can't be trusted to pick out the exact color of paint you want.

where black, gray and white are the in colors but in most family-oriented neighborhoods buyers tend to like warmer tones.In my market we have a couple of flippers who do outstanding jobs and I know in advance my buyers will like their properties.

A newbie could say in exchange for teaching me and giving me 10% of any deals I bring to you.I for one understand when you have "skin" in the game it makes you accountable and it makes you not give up as easy.

I definitely have skin in the game, like my life savings, but I had to go to family members and present a plan of action and was countlessly turned down.

I also use two tone paint (same colors in every house.The house doesn't look like every other rental they are looking at, and looks like a 'home'.

Here's my reasoning - having Zero dollars would make it difficult to have any "Skin in the game" so I would have a tough time finding partners, other investors, etc that would invest with me.

It is about time you came to the dark side!

I'd probably lose the big shrub (or trim it down a bit), and give the house some color.

It could be an easy fix, but it needs to be addressed or you will find droppings and other "nasties" accumulating which will lead to terrible odors that will drive tenants away - if they weren't scarred already.From personal experience, rats can take some time to completely eliminate because when they find a warm and dark place, they tend to nest there.

And no I'm not some mean intolerant LL, as a matter of fact I rent here in CA and LL back in FL where I'm from originally, and I have plugged up 2 sinks in 2 different places I rented, 1 the garbage disposal ended up not working very well and I put too much down it and food got stuck in the drain the other I tried to wash potato skins down at 3 in the morn after being up with a screaming baby for 3 hours and not thinking, you know who fixed both those issues...that's right the tenant did.And if your PM doesn't respond find a new one, I'm going through the same thing now.