A previous property management company had posted a video on YouTube circa 2018 showcasing - what seemed to be - a fully renovated home, so I figured how bad could things have gotten that a fresh coat of paint can't fix, right?

My goal is not to squeeze every penny out of a property if it means alienating an elderly 30+ year tenant.

I'll give you a few ideas mostly to jump start your thinking. 1) Order pennies from a bank.

Since there is a great debate among buyers as to the security of purchasing real estate in Mexico, especially in my offered region, I want to produce an ad copy that assures the buyer that I realize the risk involved and am not trying to sugar coat any perceived problems that accompany Mexican Real Estate Transactions, my offer specifically.

As soon as they ethically and legally help a seller avoid foreclosure, and do everything they promised to do on time, the seller will turn on them and start complaining about some perceived injustice, calling them a con artist.If you can live with being treated like garbage by the very people who would have been thrust out on the street like vagabonds in the middle of winter without two pennies to rub together were it not for you bending over backwards and risking your butt to save them with an overly generous arrangement that’s better than 99% of other investors would ever consider doing, then by all means, go ahead.If the irony of explaining something multiple times in clear, direct language, and having them read and initial every paragraph of a painstakingly understandable, notarized CYA letter, contract to SELL, and Lease Agreement, only to be threatened with legal action because they claim they didn’t know they were selling their house does not make you ashamed to belong to the same human race, then proceed.If you’re going to do it, just know the following things:1) No matter how intelligent, sensible, and responsible you believe a seller to be, they will mutate into something else entirely the very second you advance funds and solve their problem, to the same extent, and with the same speed and ferociousness as Bilbo Baggins in the first Lord of the Rings movie.2) You will go from benevolent savior to despicable con artist within 1 week after closing.3) They will almost always stop returning your calls once you have solved their problem, which makes collecting rent or qualifying them for a loan more difficult.4) They will understand the terms of the sale and lease with 100% certainty, until the closing has occurred, at which point something which scientists do not yet comprehend alters the chemistry of their brain and supplants their true memories with false ones.

Not only does this mean you don't need to operate out of a place of desperation (many people are so eager to start that they just throw every penny they have at one investment, which is never a good idea), but you also have a great idea of what it takes to rehab a property, which means you'll be able to spot companies that inflate their numbers pretty quickly.Now, as you have already seen, there are mixed opinions on OOS investing, and turnkey investing specifically.

@Wes NA “don’t step over dollars to pick up Pennies.”I strongly believe that using a realtor has netted me more money at the end of the day in selling my flips.

Things she considered valuable - jewelry, furniture, doll collection, other collectibles, etc sold for pennies on the dollar. 

You don't need to waste one penny purchasing Quickbooks or using any service you need to pay for just to manage a few rental units.

You can buy even nicer material and much cheaper material but I found this to be a good happy medium.https://www.homedepot.com/p/Home-Decorators-Collection-Blue-Cedar-Grey-6-in-Wide-x-48-in-Length-Click-Floating-luxury-vinyl-plank-flooring-19-39-sq-ft-case-360486/304051044If there were hard wood floors under the carpet I ripped up- I would have chosen to refinish them with 4 coats of polyurethane.