The interior renovations consist of: Installing vinyl plank floors in living room instead of carpetInstalling pulls and knobs on the kitchen cabinetsResurfacing the kitchen counters to have a faux granite lookBacksplash in kitchen with new kitchen faucetRepainting the apartments from a cream color to gray on the walls with white on baseboardsUpdating other items as needed like lights, fans, appliances etc.How Value of Property has Increased.As I mentioned above, rents were below market so with the interior and exterior improvements we’ve been able to increase rents when each lease turns.

I went to Walmart, and bought a pack of 50 4/6 envelopes and color cardboard paper and a paper trimmer, $30.

May favorite condo I put down $2000 and another $2000 I put on a credit card. 

My parents are as excited as I am and have already started looking at color schemes for the home... lol.

Louis, MOMy favorite investment story is the one about the first rental investment I ever made,  I purchased a San Francisco Condominium for $89,000.

Have you tried ConnectedInvestors.com, Local real estate club, local YELP, Facebook Market, Craiglist, Your favorite Realtor, QuickinLoans, Listsource.com will give you a list of lenders, Ron LeGrand has a national list you can purchase, INFOUSA you can purchase a list, Google Hardmonylenders - your city. https://privatelenderlink.com https://www.fairviewlending.com/illinois-hard-money-loans/

Then ask your favorite agent if they will incorporate any other ideas from your list that they are not already doing.Once you find that agent who will move your properties fast so you can do more deals, you'll never want to go back to dragging things out and losing time and money by going it alone.

Call your favorite Realtor and ask for help and offer a 3% commission to represent you on an offer to purchase if you go that far.

Cash flow has "insured" that I get to participate in some of my ROI today while continuing to grow wealth for the future.My 2 cent plus $4.98 will buy you one micro-brewed beer at my favorite local watering hole. 

The indicators I have been looking at so far with an associated weight of 1-5 are:Rent / Value - 5Population Growth - 4Recent Job Growth - 4Future Job Growth - 4Property Tax - 4Rent Increase - 3Home Appreciation - 3Unemployment - 3Median Income - 3Rental Vacancy - 3Per Capita Real GDP - 2Median Age - 1Please post your favorite market indicators and how much weight you give them!