Since water is so high it should be sub metered or metered direct to tenants to discourage waste,,and if subed,,rates go up fast for even slight over use.Also somehow control max number of resident occupants in each house.

The student then said, "But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast – How long then?"

Dumpsters are in and are filling up fast!

It happens, but it is extremely rare, and normally (like others have stated) you get there with either a major value add or she incredible luck finding the right motivated seller that has an off market property that needs to sell fast..

Also some pretty cool looking panel kits being put out now, I saw some at innovatebuildingsolutions that looked nice (not just plain white) and would be super fast easy install

When I found tenants that fit our criteria, I couldn't get the remaining items out of the house fast enough!

And the costs add up FAST! 

That said, if you need to paint something fast, it does stick, if that's the question. 

@Michael BraatzPlan your ad so it is ready and you can fill the vacancy as fast as possible.

Fast forward 3 years and I'm laying hundreds of SqFt of tile, replacing ceilings, and now I eat bugs for lunch (not really).