We also do not allow the tenant to patch holes or touch up the paint, because they usually do a terrible job that takes longer and costs more to fix. 

With property insurers’ profitability and trade combined ratios improving, we can expect some relief soon.

The BEST contractors are in high demand, so are picky about doing bids and taking on jobs.

 - flipping is a job, stop flipping and stop making money.  

Lock are EASY to change if you just stick with the same brand -- it is a 10 minute job.   

Since I work pretty hard at my day job and don’t have much renovation experience, I wanted something simple—a rental I could put a tenant in and at least break even.

However, these properties generally have a lot of land improvements that qualify as well as certain portions of electrical, mechanical and plumbing that can qualify.

Hey @Bailey Rentz, I'll say that we use QuickBooks Online exclusively for all of our Clients and they are constantly working to improve the bank feed feature and specifically the connections.

At my point in life everything I own is both a cash flow superstar and appreciating nicely, because I'm invested in growing, popular areas.If I was just starting off now, I'd probably be aiming for value-add in good areas where I could either live there while improving the unit(s) - ie a duplex, triplex - or where I could trade sweat equity for profit, or both.

Tapping into that equity through a HELOC or cash-out refinance and reinvesting in higher-performing assets could improve their ROI significantly.