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Our website was just OK, our email campaigns were hit and miss, our conference presence was fairly minimal. 

Not the nicest areas, but nice enough.. and I would be looking for minimal cashflow, banking on appreciation. 

I've asked my clients a similar question and have developed tools for them to minimize this, but I find there are a few different types of clients.Manager managed - these folks have no issues as they simply upload their year end statement from their property manager, their 1098 mortgage statement and any other one-off expenses they may have paid for outside of the management company. 

Since you are doing new construction I would suggest making them private enough where guest have minimal interaction with each other.

With that said I am looking to do minimal work to renovate the home such as painting and adding new appliances.

For my personal residence - yes, i would love to own it free and clear as it's not an investment but rather liability which I want to minimize as much as possible.  

., but for now, we like to only consider semi-stabilized (with minimal deferred maintenance) or fully stabilized, cash-flowing properties. 

Learn the eviction procedure for your area, perhaps contact a lawyer in the field to help you with this one, and get the fraudster you're currently housing out on the sidewalk to sleep in a cardboard box where they belong.You're going to lose plenty of money here, but this will never happen to you again, and you can minimize your losses if you move as quickly as possible.

Explore a DSCR Loan with Reduced Down PaymentSome lenders offer DSCR loans with minimal cash-to-close requirements if your property cash flows (even marginally).