That's with blue collar and low income.The trend with my college rentals is to build it into the rent.

This week we have removed all trim, paneling, carpet, pad, old wood flooring, and are working on removing the blue tile from two bathrooms.

If you want to know who realizes this more than anyone, just look at the previously mentioned red, white and blue realty signs.

Having done this twice already and getting ready to do it again... the SEC has some very specific rules about these kinds of things.Most of the rules captured under a generic term called 'Blue Sky Laws" deal with how you approach different levels of investors...

The reason I'm in a bit of a pickle is because this opportunity seriously fell into my path out of the blue on yesterday.

If I'm going to go through the effort to take the siding back and pull a window, I'm going to pull it completely, ensure the wrap is in-place correctly, blue shield, re-install and tape.I just had a tenant call this morning to tell me a window was leaking during all the freezing rain we had on the 23rd ... she thought nothing of it at the time, but today noticed a stain on the living room ceiling below this window.

Weather, 5 Star living amenities, millennials, seniors, blue and white collar jobs - you name it.

If you are apprehensive of going to Lowell for a place you should focus on places that have pretty strong upper blue collar residents or higher I'd think.

The blue book and the red book.Gary Keller wrote The Millionaire RE Investor (blue book) and The Millionaire RE Agent(red book).

It's not that @Dawn Anastasi isn't right, because she is... but in our market, that would also get you started on a 2/1 SFH in an ok blue collar neighborhood that would turn about $600/$650 rent.