Try power washing the house

A market like Honolulu might look ugly on year 1 cashflow, but over 10–15 years, if rents double, that early negative is washed out and the IRR looks very different.Taxes and depreciation: One wrinkle often missed in these comparisons is how depreciation shields cashflow in high-yield markets versus how appreciation can be harvested tax-deferred via 1031 exchanges, cost seg, or even refinancing.

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I may pressure wash, paint the fence, or do any upgrades I was thinking of doing anyways. 

Fix it up with your skills and contacts, wash, rinse and repeat in a year or so.

(At least).The updates really won't come out in the wash completely until you sell.

You're going to have months where you might not break even early on but in the long run, it will all work out in the wash.

The broker was blind sided and turned a blind eye to all of it and wanted to wash their hands of the situation.

Again, you're white washing everything and judging an area that you're not familiar with.

The backup happened when someone did a load of laundry, water with suds drained out of the washing machine with pressure and hit the blockage and backed up into the tub and toilet.Since the toilet was seeping water during the backup, wax seal was broken so I had the toilet pulled and reset.Everything is back to normal on Wednesday afternoon.