There was so much stuff in the garage we litterally found a truck while cleaned it out.

There should be decent, clean homes for 2x median household income of working age people.

Your mint green 1950s tub might still look just like new. 

I did some upgrades to the exterior and cleaned out and painted the vacant unit What was the outcome?

Let's say that your tenant would move out in 1 year and you would need to paint a few wall scratches and clean the carpets.

If they do not clean it up, you will have it cleaned and charge their account for the costs.At least if there is a dispute later, you can point to the city calling it "trash" and that you communicated this to the resident with time for them to save anything they wanted.

Sure it's nice to pull up my brokerage account, see them cute green arrows, and listen to talking heads shout "Strong Buy!"

Do we have the current tenant move out, clean and sign a new lease with the new tenant with the remaining terms of the lease.

A not-so-great house plus an oooold but clean and updated manufactured home, which is basically free.

To earn that hands-on learning offer to do some of the work that would be more tedious to that investor but can also help you learn in the process, such as drafting an offer letter, initial cleaning of the property, etc.When it comes time that you'll have the cash and debt (and credit rating) position for your own first investment, you'll also have a solid foundation of learning.