If you cant emotionally detach yourself from your investments better you should reconsider any method of landlording.

Here's what the house looked like on May 1: And here is what it looks like now, after granite, flooring, paint (walls, trim, ceilings, garage), appliances, light fixtures, and dozens of other small-to-medium fixes.

@James Wise what methods of financing were you able to use to pull this off?

If the populations you are working from need be trimmed down then you would apply filters based on your own internal criteria from whatever data points (those given or those revealed as a function of diligence) you have.

I've already posted in the marketplace that we're seeking wholesalers, but is there an obvious site or method to finding them?

Exterior: we use a 4 color paint system (Base-Trim-Accent-Door)2.

May be worth the $99 just to compare their method to yours.

I am hiring out almost all of the work and just got a quote for painting the whole interior, baseboards, trim, caulk, and windows for $1750 labor only.

I believe I discussed this basic method of operation long ago on BP, I've done wraps and basically the same thing, but not pumping market/sale prices as an important part id the borrower's ability to refinance.One of the issues I have in putting out "how to" in finance is that I may well explain something in a basic manner and that someone will pick up what I said, misconstrue or misapply some matter or modify some aspect then use that to hit the streets.

Being cash poor, my method for finding properties is driving for dollars and talking to neighbors.