All units are currently occupied. 2 units are on a month-to-month and 1 unit just signed a lease.  2 units are paying their rent with cash and social services. 1 unit is paying with cash and Section 8.

Situations may dictate that a site cannot be inspected, etc.The scope of work section of the report will disclose whether or not the site was visited and when.Appraisers are only required to identify the property- ideally by address, parcel number, aerial map, legal description, or all of the above.

consider...tim ferris books, esp tools of titans...has a section about 'build your own education' where you purposely seek out opportunities investing similar $ and time as the mba program, yet tailored to your needsalso, check out the free resources in your town, like SCORE...retired business people giving advice, mentoring, etc and find someone who is doing what you would like to do and consider ways to learn from themenJOY the freedom of self education and build your own portfolio/degree!!

They talk about different aspects of Section 8 and there was some talk about raising rents.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/81/topics/318...

Even if you don't plan to sell, having only one profitable exit strategy is a bad idea IMO ... stuff happens, things go wrong, priorities change, and you could paint yourself into a corner if there is only one exit ... and even if they don't, buying below retail market will help both Plan A and Plan B.

Let me know if I'm in the wrong section.  

All,I have couple of properties in real rough street that do not qualify for section 8 (rest of the street is too rough AS IS   to qualify for section 8... too many boarded up houses).

A great resource is the webinars section of the website. https://www.biggerpockets.com/proreplay

These areas are block by block, my improvemenets to exterior really improved this block/section of the neighborhood. 

If you are trying to cut corners on materials & finishes, skipping code requirements and generally hacking a house to squeeze out profit...my advice is to invest in the stock market and not real estate.I personally have seen downtown high rise condos literally double in value after rehab largely because many are decked out like its 1985.