It's so much easier.

New or not, you will have vacancies to deal with, property management (placing ads, screening tenants, doing evictions), taxes, insurance, and make ready costs (paint and carpet cleaning or replacemnet between tenannts.)

Take the time to look around and find what you need to make things a lot easier for you when you invest in the future!!

The basement is very clean and nice, concrete floor, the cops took out all of the plants.

I notice the more I did this the easier it become.

Of course ,it will all vary a little bit depending on what part of the country you're in, but you need to be a sponge for information ,keep learning and it will get easier and easier.

So I saw this property that looked like it just needed some new paint and clean carpet.

Your day job makes RE investing a lot easier than some other professions.How much money depends on the deals you do.

Do you focus on the big projects first (i.e. kitchen) or prefer to cover the easier tasks right away, such as painting the bedroom?

If an area has a days on market average 60 or less a clean property priced correctly should move fast.