Would spend about $1000 cash on minor cosmetic improvements.San Antonio, TX market (crazy seller's market now, lowest inventory in decades, etc.)RE investing goals: Build portfolio that will provide cashflow and flexibility with low risk.We're in the situation where we don't quite have the cash on hand to find distressed properties/sellers, but we have enough cash/good credit to get financing easily and at good rates.  

Pete, Set up an LLC for your next investment and purchase your next deal in the name of that entity (you can do this easily on line but you may want to pay a lawyer (in pittsburgh Max Bier or Phil Scoleri) to do it for you.

You can easily find SFR's that cash flow using the BRRR strategy.   

Whether you find buyers or sellers first, is up to you, but i would suggest quit looking for more information because it is a simple concept that is easily confused by the overload of "Information."  

Rarely are large market (national) situations simple enough to be easily identifiable and actionable for the average investor, and when they are, its probably not a good thing for most folks.

I think you can easily get the density on 2 acres depending on the percentage of the lot the building can cover and how many spaces the make you put in.

It just got to where we were easily spending around $200 a month.  

It's black plastic and breaks down organics easily.

Some forms of equity isn't always easily accesible.A project with razor thin margins but from an applicant with an almost perfect credit score, doesn't necessarily soothe the nerves of the hard money lender.

"looking for properties in Emerging Markets", "Making a house a home again" etc.Make sure it is easily read contrasting colors.