Purchase price: $100,000 Cash invested: $5,000 I bought this Duplex and did light renovations to both Units.

Is there any groups or places I may have overlooked that can shed light on some options I can compare?

I joke about drinking beer and haven’t touched alcohol in 6 years so .. done things are said in light hearted manner .do watch out for drug references and ghetto culture references .

If we were to put in new units, they would have to be up to code in regards to amount of natural light in units, parking, ceiling height, etc… But since we are connecting to the existing studio, all that is taken care for.

Purchase price: $209,000 Cash invested: $17,000 Mostly cosmetic renovation, including paint, carpet, hardwood floors, light fixtures, exterior landscaping, etc.

Depending on how long it takes you to complete these cycles, you will be able to finance your fully paid or lightly leveraged rental portfolio to the tune of 1-2 houses per year.As stated above, houses in nice B/C neighborhoods make good rentals, lots of blue collar workers who are lifelong renters, and houses in low A/or high B neighborhoods make good flips.  

Most properties are going to need paint and flooring and often times things like light fixtures, ceiling fans and so forth need repair.

We will leave the lights on for ya!  

The electric supply will need to be adequate to allow enough outlets and lighting.

In the kitchen, I painted the cabinets, changed out hardware and some of the lighting fixtures, changed out the countertops to an updated laminate, painted the grout in the floor tile, added a subway tile backsplash, added some height and crown molding above the cabinets to give the appearance of tall cabinets.