I will paint a picture for you and see if you see the point I am trying to make , then I will really give you a bit of my personal insight.

Then I look at bedroom count (I like 3 bedroom properties but I will buy some 2 bedroom if they are a good enough deal).Then I look at the pictures to see the extent of the rehab needed and to see if there is anything functionally obsolete about the property such as 7 food ceilings or small rooms with no closets that are trying to be passed off as a bedroom, or a really small kitchen that doesn’t fit any appliances.If the price is right (all-in at 75% of the ARV and it can cash flow about $200 or more and I’m walking into 20k - 40k of equity when I buy the property) and the property isn’t too weird, I’ll buy it.

Sounds cliche, but I always picture myself at least working part time to stay mentally sharp and have discipline!

Of course these are based on a few assumed input variables, but I believe this accurately paints a scary picture using DMM.The lesson here is that unless you send 10K+ mailers, you are not really getting anywhere.

I "attended" an online presentation targeted at French investors that promised 16% gross returns, and presented pictures of some properties plucked from Zillow.

I like the prop mgr and when I do stuff I get her feedback on what to do and she listens to me on postings (am an apt broker so understand power of pictures). 

@Mya Toohey I just looked at the pictures you have of the boat.

Post personal pictures, but if youre also doing RE post whats going on, did you just sell something?

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

If your units are nice and the pictures show well, the renters will come unless you’re over priced for the area.I would definitely use more rental sites than just affordablehousing.com, but even if that was the only one you used that could be potentially ok and yes I have used it before.