Yes it is a constant battle with Management companies and he has a couple people that work for him to do work clean/fix up.

I use several numbers and test each marketing campaign's effectiveness by using a different number for each marketing piece.Sometimes people responding to bandit signs prefer a toll free number because it generally indicates a company is behind it.

You are in what i call the "casino effect".

Will this have a negative effect on my credit report?

Other then that, we get into the ridiculous but effective, like smokin hot massage girls, free vegas trips WITH the smokin hot massage girls........... uhm, did I say smokin hot massage girls.

Many places are just trashed and can be cleaned up with lots of elbow grease and paint.

if I buy a house, clean it out and then sell immediately for twice it's purchase price (I'm buying it at a nice discount)?

I can't recall ever "making an election" - might have done it in 1994, but I'm not sure when this requirement went into effect.

For a rental, the property would need some updates, I figured no more than 5k (clean the carpet if doesn't need replacing, paint throughout the house, paint the kitchen cabinets (hideous diarrhea-green color).

The properties are rented clean and vermin free.