After visiting the area, it felt pretty rough in parts, lots of streets look run down, though there are a few renovated homes mixed in.

  - I have started to see a lot of my flipping clients look for funding elsewhere because Kiavi was concerned with investor concentration risk or market risk, so pretty normal growing pains, and a predictable pattern in the space from my perspective.

I allow pets as long as I meet the pet before move in.

I'd buy it, improve it, and a year later I'd refinance to get the money to buy the next one - and I'd repeat that ever year for the next 10 years. 

I think it's all about what type of tenants you allow in.

We had a similar issue with a property we invested in.

Quote from @Leslie Stouffer: I am looking at a second house in the market where I have my first STR (Charlottesville, VA), but this one has been demoed, but still needs all the insides put back in.  

One unit that I’m living in is already renovated as a mini split new floors all that.Hi, I’m looking for ways to increase the value of my four family without displacing tenants to do renovations.

Mike Your market is a harder market to invest in.

The homes rent for $1800 mo between the two and tenants are in 1 year leases which i just locked in..