As this cash flows into your real estate business you can use excess funds that you don’t need for your day-to-day needs to fund acquisition costs of additional properties that will allow you to better take advantage of other investing strategies that will provide you with potentially huge infusions of cash, further enhancing your bank account and allowing you to live YOUR American Dream.

Yeah, he's done wonders for peace wherever he goes.

Is there money to help us with these repairs/enhancements if they are required?

It has lately provided me with a peace of mind that I never dreamed possible.

I was wondering if anyone used a 5-10 slide presentation to have something physical to show to potential sellers to enhance the credibility of the investor?

Sadly, this seems to be becoming more and more prominent (or maybe it's just easier to catch them in this time of everyone-having-cameras), and when the system protects peace officers above their protection of average citizens, there's a big problem...

I started offering free internet on my properties and all tenants seems to love the idea,my next move will be security system on all properties.Just because not many are doing it doesn't mean is not a good idea.I got to the conclusion that you get more positive than negatives from going with a system.You can go for as little as $14-25 a month which a good tenant will gladly pay for peace of mind,so just add the cost to the rent.I have a nice renovated property in a not so nice area of the neighborhood,at showing most people love the apt but not the area and that is where the security system comes in handy.My advise is to go for it as long as the monthly plus maintenance doesn't become a burden to your cash flow

I'd rather sleep at night  peacefully knowing that the saga is over with a problem tenant than live in fear of him causing nuisance. 

There have been a couple of exceptions, for tenants who were super clean, had a great sense of design, and were easy people in general - in those cases, they actually enhanced the experience because the place was decorated so beautifully.

I spoke with a realtor I trust, we both did research, and came up empty in our search.The seller has been getting more anxious by the day as the process has dragged on, he is not in dire need of the cash, but I think does have some obligations coming up that are making him eager to close.I have several options including:- Getting the second appraisal, hoping for a better valuation- Putting $145k down on a lender valuation of $260k and enjoying enhanced cashflow/watching a chunk of cash sit- Renegotiating the seller down to a better price- Walking awayThere are a bunch of questions swirling around this opportunity, but my qualms are centered around putting that much capital (option 2) into an investment that is not very liquid, and doesn't have a clean, clear path to appreciation.