@Mike Percy  You're welcome, just take my advice with a grain of salt.  

I always take news from sources whose purpose is to get you reading and clicking (read: sensationalism) with a grain of salt. 

Take that with a grain of salt since I live in a country with much different standards. 

They don't have credit and few of them work. 1) Everyone must fill out an application. 2) If they want to paint or buy a puppy "in the future" - no3) Monies owed, even medical - no4) Facial jewelry and boyfriends and girlfriends on the first visit - bad sign and usually no5) Right to enter quarterly for pest spray and filter change.

I'm just about to write my first contract on an investment property-so take this with a grain of newbie salt-but my plan right now is to do a combination of what you are debating.

One thing I can say is the spray foam will never work for much more than 90 days.

I've never attempted what you're doing, so take this with a grain of salt:1.

While in theory they could, here are a few challenges I see to that (and I preface the following with the suggestion that others have way more knowledge and experience than I do, so the 'grain of salt' rule applies :)): Once a property is set to be listed, the big expenses for a rehabber are the holding costs (property taxes, insurance, interest on a hard money loan, etc.).

The sugar approach is always best but the salt shaker I always keep in the glove box if need be.

Despite what the lease said, they painted the condo (poorly, and a horrible color), installed a backsplash (again poorly, which had to be ripped out), stained the kitchen cabinets, spray painted the patio, destroyed carpets with filth, and caused $7K in overall repairs.