Some people toss out offers to everything then work down, others toss low offers and hope they get accepted.

Now you can get away with a C2 condition by saying you had a 5 year old furnace serviced and doing roof maintenance on a 7 year old roof, as long as you can show all the other items (cosmetic) have been updated.So you can get the C2 rating with cheap finishes because technically it is still freshly rehabbed.

It's in my hometown, Tupelo, MS, and the previous two owners hardly did any maintenance in the last 10 years.

I have vertical blinds in my rentals but I’m tired of the maintenance/repair/clean up after every tenant.

In selecting your house, you will want to make sure that house you select has very little maintenance, especially yard work.I have found that real estate agents really don't understand short term rentals and since we were buying just one property, we really didn't look for a real estate agent with short term rental experience. 

I say buy.. take advantage of thse low rates of an owner occ mortgage.. then your building equity instead of building your landlords equity. .. and since you can get roommates all the better. then if you want to buy again you have a rental in your portfolio already.. 

I can either offer some really easy seller financing terms or a low cash price to get it done.

@Kai Van LeuvenIt’s sounds like you’ve gotten all the low hanging fruit, another couple things that come to mind Is reducing boring expenses that people typically dont shop or spend alot of time addressing;-taxes ( I don’t know how tuned in the city is to your remodel but you want to spend a little effort ensuring you don’t get hit with a property tax increase )- I’m not sure the type of tenants your looking to attract but a playground might go a long ways to adding value-Insurance ( anything you cad do to reduce your insurance?

Its another way to keep your overhead low but also when you get a listing under contract all you have to do is find a buyer and sell the contract off booom collect your deposit and move on.

Are you missing out on opportunities by only working with low quality agents?