@Hattie Dizmond  this is common through most of the RE industry and the NOte business.you have note tapes that claim ARV ' of this and that and they are not anywhere close to the true ARVs but novice note buyers don't know the difference.Turn key the same thing happens  one turn key out fit has the exact same house rent etc and one is 10k hirer then the other.. and one look at marketing agents who resell for turn key they add their vig to the top. or even sellers who list for 20k higher than market and are just retail folks out of touch.Its really up to  the buyer know what the heck they are doing...

The others were already on the MLS, and he wanted retail, so didn't make sense for us; however, it was on one of these that she found our door hanger. 

More that buying Turn key I payed about retail, and I would like to be able to add value to a property and my net worth. 

Parking a car that has any essence of crime prevention attached to it will result in massive vandalism…so big no-no.

You have any idea on the commercial retail,  residential.

Seeing as how this was going to take a massive amount of time, I inquired how much he would charge to prep and subsequently paint the entire house (including finishing the casing).

Also, any realtor that is investor savvy would be helpful, as the one I used to purchase our new home focuses on retail sales.Anyone in or around Greenville, NC willing to have a conversation?

ALL my tenants think they are smart by renting my properties for less than what they could buy a similar turnkey place for at retail price ... only I don't buy them turnkey and I don't pay retail and they all cash flow day 1 + forced appreciation equity day 1 and each and every year I raise their rents while my 30 year fixed mortgage payment stays the same and my property tax increase is capped by prop 13, and each and every year I get a bit wealthier and my tenants get a bit poorer.

If you want to buy full retail PM me I have few properties in my inventory for you. and YES I'm on title:-)

Then I look at the turn key stuff that we work in.. and I see the huds  ( sometimes 10 a week) they are either being sold for cash or 20 to 25% down and at DCR's that are 2 to 3X  this leaves a lot of room for error.. as long as folks don't go for hood rats and buy the more stable assets I think those do fine.those that want to toil in the very low end if they do it for a living can make it work but lots of work in that asset class from what I see.However if the buyers in the super inflated areas like SF  just stop buying that could cause price compression but I don't think massive bubble burst..