@Bret Weigel some people will leave the temperature high during the day, then get home and crank it down 10 degrees and expect it to be instantly cool.

Buy a little rental, fix it up for instant equity, get some cash flow, then reevaluate your options.

They waste a whole lot of your time and do not close the deal.They want possession of the property without putting a dime on the table (owner financing, I'll pay your mortgage (maybe) ...)They only want to resell it for a profit and sometimes with a rent to own buyer while you hold the title to the property and take on the liability while they collect a down payment and rent...and BTW, you were not paid a down, or rent...the investor gets 3 paydays, and you risk a trashed house, liability, eviction, everything with the hope you will sell the house in a few years.

I always suggest updating the hardware like you mentioned, because that can help give an instant mini face-lift to a room.Regarding the appliances, when you say "black package," are you referring to black stainless steel?

Hi Chris,The reason you are getting so many search results about leveraging your money, is because most people that want to get started, do not have much of it.Assuming your strategy is just to go in all cash and collect passive income, then I would suggest reading a lot about owner financing.Big payday upfront and very solid cashflow for a few years.

They shutdown EVERYTHING instantly. 

Seems Rustic could foreclose on all these right now, since there is a 3 year redemption period in AZ.So if you buy a 3 or 4 years old tax lien you can foreclosure really instantly?

Just a small duplex, but I instantly learned about inherited tenants and the joys of the eviction process... now she's humming along nicely.I'm up to my eyeballs in debt right now; my primary focus is to reduce that down and to start buying more up in NE Ohio.

I get the payment within seconds and can instantly transfer it to my bank.  

Some want it run the first day of the month and others want to wait until their first payday of the month and we accommodate that as well.