I would love to get in touch with active investors in the hotel market.

Flat hides the most, but it also attracts dirt, so depending on how long it takes to sell the house, you may have hand prints everywhere that you will have to frequently touch up.

The house is just a year old and I personally cleaned it a week ago (minus a possible light dusting and appliances touch up) there was nothing untouched.  

@Anthony Scarlata  Agree with what everyone says above, if you don't have a solid exit / refinance strategy, don't touch HML.  

I found a great property from fannie mae and got it under contract for 38K.The selling realtor is frustrating at best to deal with.We are at the inspection part and I guess I am responsible for turning on utilities and making any repairs necessary to close as it is an “as is” property.Not a huge deal right now, and will know more, and expenses, when I go this weekend.Throughout all this, over the course of about 6 months I have looked at as many properties that I could.I have made offers like crazy, and have had a multitude of deals fall through.I say probably for the best, and has been a great learning experience.I have tried owner financing deals, half owner financing half conventional, commercial apartment buildings.Pretty much anything that seems like it would be a good deal I have gone after.I have wrote letters, contacted absentee owners, tracked down properties in distress, MLS listings and pretty much anything else besides sending out cold letters.In summery I have a property I live in that I cannot touch the equity in until the oil contamination is cleaned up, a lot of failed attempts to purchase more property, and a house under contract that I may, probably have to, put some money in in order to close.I have felt more uncomfortable doing real estate than anything else and I love it.It has been great!

Looks cleanest on the walls, and touches up the best.

There is about 80k in there that I never touch.

We had a property in Tampa that we wholesaled through the MLS. technically we bought it and out it up to resell instead of wholesale, but one big rehabber in Sarasota said he wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll at our ask price. 48hrs later a small one house at a time investor paid full ask $30k over the other rehabber that looked at it. it was a $175k as is property.

TOP 3: *Being consistent-constantly making calls, driving for $$, replacing and putting out bandit signs, and staying in touch with my mentor.

It helps if I don't touch.). set up for real estate investing involving both rentals and fix n flips.