My personal decisions about what to do at a property are related to minimum standards once those standards are meet then upgrades are considered with the eye to attracting and keeping better tenants.

For example, I currently have a 401k plan managed by JP Morgan, under that I have previously created an account under Schwab, which I diverted some fund from the JP Morgan account into Schwab to do my own stock trading because the main JP Morgan I can only trade the standard set of "funds".

In GA (and most states, I believe), the standard rule unless there is fraud is caveat emptor, meaning buyer beware.

But in our market, the ROI is still much greater with SFR.But then again, I do manage my own properties, I do rehab my properties to the point of not needing repairs for many years and to a higher standard than most for the areas I invest in, I do buy properties cheap and rehab them because it doesn't scare me.So my decision process is simple.

When we were buying at auction, Foreclosure Radar was the standard operating procedure of anyone doing any real amount of business.

My quality standards must be too high, in the video she says 'looks great to me', and I'm thinking 'it looks like crap!'.

It's a different standard and expectation when it comes to returns on rentals.I have a friend who bought a rental in this area couple of years ago.

We have had "defenders" of such claims on BP in the past, that investors are not required to follow generally accepted accounting principles, true, in their accounting system, but they are when it gets to public investing or applying for financing, so the only reason to have a double standard would be to puff or inflate claims.

You're going to need good credit, meet DTI standards, have 20% down atelast, then the bank is going to want to do thorough background checks on your contractor, appraisals, double check your repairs estimate to be sure its accurate, yada yada yada.

If you have "housekeeping standards" as part of your lease, then you might have to make reasonable accommodations in that area too.