But if a tenants stays for over 2 years, I have had to do almost a full repaint of walls and touch up of trim, which typically is a vast majority my turn over.  

A majority of my income comes from my W2 job, but I am trying to lower my taxes as much as possible.

They will be a major determining factor in the success or failure of your investment.

Did you know that crypto is having a major impact on the real estate industry?

Sometimes bases close, and if there are no other major employers the local markets can be heavily impacted.

If you've repaired all of the major discrepancies can you still get a tenant in there and receive cash flow?

As you may know the whole country has a major housing shortage, which is why rents are increasing. 

The property that I am looking at is about 5 minutes from a major TRADOC military installation and about 5 Minutes from the areas only major hospital.

I assume from your comments it is major so they cannot live there while it is being done.

hey guys, I have two properties in Indianapolis. both were purchased 2 years ago for around 65K each, and both were bad choices (without being too self-critical...it was in the very beginning) In one of them, I now need to invest 20K to replace the roof, install a fence, and another major CapEx in order to bring it back to the market and find tenants. for the second one, the bid I received was 8K. it's important to mention that these bids have been prepared by my property manager so I believe they are a bit over-price.