Adding all modern amenities, new flooring, paint, New lights, opened walls for an open feel, reconfigure the kitchen, installed a/c, dishwashers, laundry, etc.I am getting $1100 for my up unit and have a deposit collected for the down unit at $1000 a month.

@Mark Allen thanks for adding that additional perspective. 

By not motorizing the extension and retraction of the deadbolt, battery life is much longer and you do not need to worry about the deadbolt sticking if the door and jamb are a little out of alignment as the building shifts with the seasons.We've had some of these locks in-place for 5+ years.

We have the added benefit of being just a couple of hours from Moab which is maybe less attractive in the middle of summer, but an exceptional place for spring or fall adventures. 

Friends, family, even people I found from posting ads on CL have enabled me to continue to accumulate more properties...which are income streams.

I added it after a tenant complained about the roofing company using "his electricity" to re-shingle the house. 

I'm doing extensive rehab (SOW is ~120K) so I can't afford any major surprises. 

Social services will be involved added to the backlog. 5) still cannot live in my place - living on couches as I canceled and moved out of my apartment at the time.

I focus mostly on ocean front, bay front, and sometimes a block or so to the water for year round vacation rentals. 

If you have little money to work with, then use your time... post ads on Craigslist, attend your local REIA and any other Meetup groups, network, door knock, do Driving for Dollars, hand write and stuff your mailers, etc, etc, etcIf you have the money but not the time, then you pay someone to do the above things.If you have neither the time nor the money you won't make it very far...