Minor cosmetics

Purchase price: $95,000 Cash invested: $7,500 Sale price: $149,000 Single Family Fix and Flip Property that needs mostly cosmetic updates.

This way if the tenant tries the "use the security deposit as last months rent" routine, you can say no and assess late fees that you can collect from the security deposit. 

-->The more cosmetic the better for ALL experience levels ironically. 5.

There’s no harm in sitting down and having a discussion; loan officers and others routinely recommend securing financing before finding a deal so I would have the loan experts educate you on the specifics. 

I came across a 3/3 house—the house is in good shape, few cosmetic repairs.

@Hannah Stern Not that I recommend the approach, but admittedly I had a few properties before I really started to focus on education, routinely analyzing, and becoming more intentional about real estate investing.

Small cosmetic renovations and replacing most of the flooring.

I'll be addressing overall large maintenance issues for the whole structure (electrical, siding, HVAC) plus cosmetic updates on my side while I'm in it (eventually switching sides to do the same for the other). 

I had one we were doing a cosmetic rehab on a single family where the zoning was CMX and they wanted full architects drawings and a whole bunch of other junk that didn't make any sense.