I usually spend around $2,200 on a stailess steel package incl DW. 

you mitigate the out of state risk with family member watching the construction crew.but what do you achieve doing this.you end up leveraged to the max  and you TIE up your very very valuable 4 mortgage slots.. only way this makes sense is scale and scale quickly. 

I would suggest giving this a listen and there are usually valuable websites/how to's/etc. 

Hello,What is more valuable when starting a credit card to build my credit score, an unsecured or a secured card?

If you take the property with squatters, adjust your purchase price to account for less valuable property condition.Cash for keys - the money you would pay a lawyer and spend on holding costs, you give the occupants when they're gone.Evict as a hold-over tenant. 

Only gold and hard cash are valuable in a downturn.

Tons of valuable information.

I think any tool in REI that you can get into with low or no money down is a valuable tool and this house hack has been the beginning of that for me.

Which part is more valuable where you live, the top or bottom?

@Ethan Shapiro - so one of the most valuable things about a normal salary or w2 income is your ability to get a bank loan at like 4-5% on 80-97% of the value of a property.