My advise for out of towners is buy completely finished housing stock and wait out this contractor shortage.

It is just down the street from all of the other gentrification that we have seen in Cleveland.When there is any gentrification it naturally spreads out as the housing stock gets bought up.

The other thing that drives me nuts in this article is the failure to consider cap expenses for old inner city housing stock when making claims about cash-flow.

Could you guys please take a look at the photos below and let me know how you would spruce up the kitchen?

Your saying you will do simple low end work to learn the biz, that is like a person saying they will be a janitor to learn stock trading, sure you "may" pick something up here and there but you will not receive the treatment and experience your asking about.

@Kenneth Garrett Oh heck yeah I charge my guests a higher cleaning fee than what my cleaners charge me and use it for re-stocking costs.

Looking at buying a duplex in my area, going to see it in person this weekend, but from the photos I can see that one of the bathtubs is quite rust stained.

When I change Insurance carriers they want a photo of those areas...

Which is about 8.5% similar to stock market.Larger cash flow would allow for capital building up faster to buy the next property too.

A simple enemy analysis shows a lot of properties with professional photos and designed interiors with wide open calendars.