Does anyone have any favorite methods of DIY home-value adds?

Appreciation is a gamble, nobody can predicts clearly where prices will go and when.

@Richard Xyminies it’s a gamble and I guess it depends where - units aren’t always cheap lol.

@Sanjay Fernandes Greg Barnett with Accurate Home inspections is by far my favorite.

@Sean KeeganHere are my favorite books:Multifamily Millions by Dave LindahlThe ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroyThe Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesCommercial Real Estate Investing by Dolf De RoosTrump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received by Donald TrumpTax Free Wealth by Tom WheelwrightCommercial Real Estate 101: How Small Investors Can Get Started and Make It Big by David LindahlRaising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People’s Money by Matt FairclothThe Definitive Guide to Apartment Marketing by Josh GrilloInvesting in Apartment Building by Matthew MartinezCrushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate by Brian H MurrayThe 7 Secrets to Successful Apartment Leasing by Eric Cumley2 Years to a Million in Real Estate by Matthew MartinezBurn Zones: Playing Life’s Bad Hands by Jorge NewberyCommercial Mortgages 101: Everything You Need to Know to Create a Winning Loan Request by Michael ReinhardIt’s a Whole New Business!

What are the systems you put in place that have helped you streamline and automate the management of your investment properties?   I know, I know, hire a property manager.  That aside, I’m curious to hear specific pra...

Any of this is a gamble.

At the end of each podcast interview, they ask the guest what their favorite real estate and non-real estate book is.

Both are favorites for real estate investor/agents.

When the market collapsed last time my favorite community banks weren't 'lending until the dust settles and there is less regulatory uncertainty.