It is smart, easy and low risk.

On the pragmatic side, it is very smart not to buy until you have enough financial padding to handle the inevitable expensive repair that will always come at a bad time.

Hemlane, on the other hand, has the SMART account with premium features that coordinate maintenance requests with professionals, 3rd party agents for property showings, and access to legal advice and documents.

A lot of investors will do this to be smart on the liability side as well as potential bankruptcies.

Smart people learn from their mistakes, wise people learn from the mistakes of others.

Don’t spent the money unless you’re in the $1M+ range and buyers start expecting smart lights and such.

But not a smart maintenance move to paint brick.

This is how I started in the business in 1975, and how many, many other very successful operators of today did it as well.Finally, this is not an easy business, but it has been a very lucrative one for people who are smart and willing to work very hard at learning it and working at it.

He "insisted" I get them replaced immediately to protect his devices.

On the flip side, spending money on marketing (in a smart way) is never a waste of money, in my opinion.