Thanks for the flowers - @Michael Henry is an excellent ressource for duplexes and the city, plus he is a GC and knows construction! 

I live in LA now but I'm from Atlanta :)Househacking in LA- if you're going to refi it into cash-flowing properties, why do it at all and not just start with the cash-flowers?

Purchase price: $82,000 Cash invested: $18,000 Sale price: $157,000 Contributors: Ivy Flowers First property I've ever bought and it was a foreclosure!

If you want to improve your community's appeal, donate time, money or property ... coach the little league team, buy and plant flowers in the town park every spring.If you are dealing with any other professional such as a lender, appraiser, tradesperson etc and if they need to know be upfront and tell them you buy, fix and flip homes, or buy and rent homes to make a profit.IMHO Mission Statements are a waste of time.

@Lily Styler - I've formed all my LLC's in NC, some of which own multiple properties and some (due to the refi bank requirement) own only a single property.

They meet at Jersey Lily's in Salem at 6:30 every Tuesday.

first thing i would do is focus on curb appeal. pulling weeds manicuring the lawn and adding flower beds with mulch and plants is a good way to start. you do want to spend some time in the kitchen and bathroom's there main selling points of a house. a good way to add value would be to expand the living area in the basement and attic areas if possible adding a bedroom or bathroom would certainly add good value. hardwood/laminate flooring is highly desirable. obviously you want to paint the house.

My common sense advice: hire a new management company.My experience: try cleaning up the front yard, planting flowers (not this time of year though), install a fancy looking front door, install new windows in the front of the house.

Many days, people who lived in the neighborhood would stop by and ask how I made the grass so green or where I was finding all the trees, bushes, and flowers.

Water their flowers.