If it's random students/young professionals claiming rooms one by one then I'll put more of an effort to have a couch, table, tv etc. 

@Sam Leon When we acquire a MFH, it is typically as you describe - a hodgepodge of multiple generations of wiring from different providers strung along all nature of exterior and interior surfaces with random holes drilled in through the envelope.After we rewire one of our buildings, the resultant job quality greatly exceeds what any of the telecommunications providers subcontractors produce (most providers do not wire beyond the termination point these days).  

You can close your eyes and just point at a random house for sale on Zillow and cashflow that much almost everywhere geographically in the USA.

I searched for deed transfers with grantor as opendoor, and randomly used five records from the last day of last month.

Be heads up to get a STR permit as quickly as possible, there have been random comments and concerns from Yucca Valley residence to the city counsel to see about putting a limit.

I agree with Chris.Here is how it goes for meMe: Can you tell me about your property and why you need to sellSeller: blah blah blah my house is great blah blah i need to sell fast for a random reason.Me: What is your asking priceSeller: 55k If this sounds like a good priced home that I can wholesale I continue the convo, if not I save their info and call them again when they become more motivated to sell.Me: Is the home listed with a realtor Seller : no its not (if yes then bye bye from me, save info and call if listing expires)Me: ok great, when would be a good time for me to come view the homeAfter driving to the home & building rapport with the homeowners.Me: Whats the lowest you would accept as a cash offer that can close in 2 weeks.... then I negotiate a price with the homeowner.Seller: Well I only owe 50k on the mortgage so I would take 50k cashMe: Ok that sounds great, i will not be purchasing the home myself but what I can do to help you out is put this property under contract so i have equitable interest in your home.

Obviously, a bit more complicated return.Because I provided the HUDs, he could grab one at random and we went over it.

The $17,500 has been an initial $10,000 and then a couple other random payments as well as $200-$300 extra on my normal payments.Now I know everyone will probably want to argue about this, but although I still have a HELOC balance, from my perspective I've taken $17,500 off of my mortgage, not $17,500 minus my HELOC balance.

I've got random downtime at work and in the evenings. 

Appreciation is the bi-product and can be so random,  I look for fair weather with limited development land.