Real simple.

The reality is, as with any new business venture, the vast majority will fail within 5 years.Most are not fully educated and will make simple mistakes that will lead to selling at a loss in many cases.

But one simple nugget changed my mind and made me listen and re-listen.For anyone that didn't catch it, he said (back in 2/5/15), and I paraphrase:"Having half the country hate on you is a very powerful thing, if half the country hates you, you can become president!"

In any event, yours is a simple solution I hadn't thought of - thanks!

I don't know how successful they are, but, I have a simple 3/1 next to the Hwy. that I am going to repair and Sell while the Value is High.

A very simple way to start might be one of those websites that give you cost per daft estimates for different repairs.It sounds like you are in the learning phase, so do lots of reading and maybe see if you can find some properties to evaluate for practice.

Or you can keep it simple but less precise and just use the broad approach you described in the original post, but make sure you are using population data for the entire region, not just the central city.

The truth is you want your rentals (even in higher price points) as plain and simple as possible.

Keep it simple.

I think they are generally stating they don't like to see late payments and that pattern is one that they don't want to approve. sounds like a simple subjective review.