When I've studied my competition in the past, I see people ripping into cabin rental companies, Vacasa, you name it, for things I think they'd never complain about at my place.

It needs two sets of new stairs, new doors and paint throughout so i was hoping 15k would cover it.

I added extended driveway, RV parking, back yard landscaping w/ covered patio, shiplap on two interior walls, and painted accent walls in every room.

Paint, flooring, landscaping, some new appliances, fixtures, hardware, etc.  

Real estate you can paint, rehab, improve.. 

As far as jumping straight into apartments, this is where I have actually seen several doctors who I know personally fail (they got taken advantage of by their partners because they didn't have the time to be involved and supervise, or the knowledge they needed to avoid being ripped off). 

The salespeople painted a rosy picture, and I was willing to pay if their services were delivered.

Now with a blank canvas I got my contractors together and painted the picture.

Well just as the post indicates, this investor was taken advantage of.  Also, I have posted many times, do not do business without a trusted team. So yesterday I spoke with an investor that purchased a so called 100% ...

Hi all,I have 5 units and will have the ability over the next couple years to scale some.One thing that is holding me back is the time commitment on maintenance between little issues that wouldnt really make sense for a handyman/contractor to do and probably wouldnt take the job anyway to renos/painting/etc between tenants and everything in between.