We have assisted hundreds of investors in 1031 Exchange, and developing their own "hands-off" diversified portfolio of institutional real estate.Can read more on my blog here on BPhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Andy deal of a few hundred K in value or more, Yonah Weiss at Madison SPECS for anywhere

However, innocuous holes in sheetrock inside vanity cabinet was not mentioned. 

BUT, unless you’ve got a program of cold calling hundreds of potential sellers, recalling those that didn’t answer, following up on those that didn’t hang up on you, etc, etc., the chance of closing a transaction are slim to none.And even if you do all this, your chance of success is not good.

That being said, you need to be aware that the average commission for an agent for a property under 20k, after commission split with their broker (many clients don’t realize how this works), may only be a couple hundred bucks.

We have a reserve fromt eh owner of a few hundred dollars, from which we pay the vendors for any repairs.

Unlike David, I do have hundreds of posts from years ago on bigger pockets explaining how this was done and can be done again by others.I hope to get slightly more involved in replying to threads and posts on Bigger Pockets.

Institutional lenders have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of foreclosure cases pending and more in the pipeline.  

However, it might make more sense to try and get a few hundred bucks and tell him to leave...all depends what he says on that phone call.

Do you prefer doing a white shaker or an espresso shaker cabinet in your properties?