Caleb McLean

Thanks for posting this Josh! Is this something your REIA teaches or is this a personal method? Have you tried this yourself? If so, mind filling in the blanks (with some reasons behind them) for us to give us a good example?

George Skidis‍ Nice detailed answer! So many things to consider that don't at first pop into mind for the newbie investor. While I personally was wondering about the bathroom/plumbing situation, I hadn't even considered some of the points on power you made. Nice contribution!

Duncan Wierman‍ is that Air BNB's are making super good cash flow or container home Air BNB's are making super good cash flow? Just curious.

x post from r/real_estate: "Hi Folks, I just placed an order for my first shipping container home. It will be done in about 30 days but I just received some horrible news from a family member who had previously agreed to let me put it on his property. Long story short, he cant help me out and i need to figure out something to do with this container. Its 40ft container home that will come complete with pretty much everything i need for a nice place to live. What states/counties have friendly building codes for containers? How could i find cheap land in safe areas to place it on? Any and all suggestions and ideas are greatly appreciated." What would you advise this investor?

Spring is a popular time for tenants to move out of rental homes and the perfect time for owners to upgrade and refresh investment properties. Here are tips and techniques that will help you get your properties ready for the rest of the year: http://www.unitinginvestors.org/blogs/6/43

Check out the new blog from our friends at Home Depot: https://www.unitinginvestors.org/blogs/6/50Ever done something like the recommend? Or perhaps a different upgrade?

Looks like solid advice, George, thanks for the input!

You have experience using HouseCanary and previous experience investing as well; would you saythat HouseCanary takes the quality of the neighborhood into account when calculating or not?If not, how do you personally get a feel for the neighborhood then?

How accurate are sites like Zillow, ReMax and Trulia for house pricing? Also, where is their usual bias? Higher than the real world? Lower? Which is the most accurate?

Thanks for sharing Duncan! I can't wait to see what everyone else has to say!

Haha George Skidis‍, what a gem of a tenant.

As a tenant myself, I'd guess repairs?

Love it. The first four hit home so hard; what I would give for knowing an outdoor rug would have been better for the dogs getting used to the apartment.

Both concepts sound wise to me; sometimes people need to lose a little to value what they have more. Further, I've read several articles recently that suggest that people are more willing to pay smaller, more frequent payments than one time, larger payments (see Netflix, for example).

Ellen McDonell‍ when you say, "step up our inspections", do you mean the frequency or the scrutiny? If it's scrutiny, how do you feel that will help stop damage from compounding?