Cheap taxes, cheap houses, and definitely not as rough as say Aliquippa was for creating rentals.

Both are long term play with cheap buy in.

If you are looking for CRE development mentorship, ULI has a very cheap mentorship.

Eventually it will require stripping, but it's cheap and easy.

As far as a $1,000 budget, I would probably do a few things:1) design and buy a back window sticker for your car (or tailgate of your truck) so when you’re driving around folks will see what you do (very cheap and effective advertising).

I have not heard of a one and done solution for cheap.

Vinyl replacements are the easiest way to resolve that issue, but often not cheap all things considered.

Is there a cheap/free alternative to GV? 

I could put up 5 we buy houses signs and be lucky to get 1 call all weekend.If I put up 5 signs that say " Cheap Shell or House 10k"My phone rings off the hook.

If its R22, its fazed out. there are replacements for the units, and a mixture that will work with the cheap replacement units, but the longevity of prior copper lines with the replacements are in question....