Immediately upgraded the common areas (land scapaing, new hand rails, fresh new paint colors, refaced the storage units with wainscoting, cleaned the garage so people could park easier, etc.)3.

I also have a desire to create a positive change in my community by providing safe, clean, and stable residences for people but, alas, we can't help everyone.  

If you can make the numbers work in the keys more power to you. 

Another might just pool money from other investors to complete commercial purchases.Ultimately success in investing is repeating the same strategy or strategies over.If it's cash flowing, you might actually have that income count towards your buying power for qualifying for loans. 

Sam Byrd use the power of leverage.

I would ask the tenant to pay for the cleaning.   

In addition, if you do acquire a property, you may have some additional title work that needs to be done before you could sell/finance it with a completely clean title.

It's not my job to clean their mess.This particular duplex is almost 100 years old and fixing the foundation and leaks may end up costing more than just razing the place and rebuilding.With that said...

The inside of the property is neat and clean but it's lived in.

-Clean tile floor and baseboards.https://www.youtube.com/watch?