Be careful though because this, in my opinion, is like paying the seller for the potential of the property and frankly like paying them for your effort.

The effort it would take to locate, pick-up, re-finish, etc would negate a lot of the savings.

Even with fifteen year financing and with some cash flow from day one, equity payoff, appreciation and rental increases make it tough to envision that buying rental properties at this point are worth the effort compared with something like investing in syndications. 

It took me two years but I finally built a brand new, genuine log cabin in its place. 

If that's so, then there's plenty you should be doing right now that will turbocharge your efforts and won't cost you a penny!

While it's very possible to do a great job as an investor from a distance, it adds a lot of time and effort to the learning curve.

She turned the burner knob in an effort to reach the chicken.   

Need to refocus on this and put in weekly effort to making this goal happen.3.

The issue is that the CA government has thrown the economy under the bus in an effort to control the spread.

Here are some tips:Perform an inspection Before performing any action, inspect your property to identify which areas need more effort.