You can do very well in C properties, its about safety and giving the tenants a comfortable place to live.3 Keys:SafetyComfortable livingKeeping property clean (landscaping, parking lot, and units)

So I found a mushroom growing in the bathroom, got a work order they came and cleaned it up along with mold in the bathroom window, they cleaned it up.

I consider it a legal scam as the agencies that provide the doctors that rubber stamp the certificate are legitimate agencies (same agencies that certify the legitimate service animals) that collect fees for this serviceSo far if I allowed animals at the unit I have accepted the certificate and have not collected additional moneys (normally I charge additional cleaning deposit and a small increase to the monthly rent (1st animal is charged more than subsequent animals)). 

It most certainly is not a method of analysis on which you would base a purchase decision - for that you want to breakout your favourite slide-rule, or spreadsheet, and carry out a full discounted cash-flow analysis of the property over a projected hold period.If not already in your library, I would suggest picking-up a copy of @Frank Gallinelli's "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow" and working your way through it as a starting point to property analysis.

The back yard needs cleaned and the inside needs some attention too.

, the countertops would be replaced (not as important but definitely needed), painted, cleaned, tub would be tackled and re-caulked, the garage door would be fixed, and that would all get done before the move in date.

We're rehabbing a trashed SFR.  It needs everything, but we're starting with: roof, HVAC and windows.  Does anyone have experience with the PACE program?  I don't know much about it yet, but what I understand is that ...

The best way when you have a clean llc and you are preparing it to hold assets is to have a "Friendly lein" on it, So what you do is you create 2 llc's One that funds the other and the one being funded buys the property.

Be professional, carry yourself in a mature manner and be methodical in your ventures.

Sometimes the simpliest marketing methods work the best.