It's more stable, more regulated, and frankly, a lot less headache for a home you plan to live in.Minor Hurdles for Major Payoff: Yeah, the $44K upfront for initial fixes and that flooring re-do are annoying.

What are you trying to do?

The paradox is that the folks that do are the experienced, successful investors, that have money and don't need to wholesale.Wholesaling also has the stigma of being grimy.

Our plan was to get those tenants out, do some light improvements and then rent two out at the market rate of $1500 a month and turn the other two into MTRs at $2400.To save the deal, I have a couple of options (I know about): 1) Do a securities backed loan and then refinance into a conventional mortgage asap when he gets a new job2) Liquidate our stocks and tap into our cash reserves and pay cash and then do a cash out refinance when rates are better (which I doubt will be anytime soon)3) Do a DSCR loan at 7.725 percent with 30 percent down and then refinance in 6 months or whenever he gets a job.What should I do?

It is difficult to open the ports to install new anode rods, and the difficulty increases as the water heater ages due to corrosion.Corro-Protec has 2 models, one for dedicated anode ports (AO Smith) and one for inline in the hot water line (Bradford White):https://www.amazon.com/s?

But I admire your tenacity and ‘go-gettiveness’I would encourage you to find your local real estate meet-us and start circulating there if you haven’t done ao yet.  

They are all markets where we actively operate and see high investor interest.Finding properties that meet the one percent rule has become more difficult, and those that do are often in areas with a very high percentage of rentals.

U can go to home depot and pick up day labor but anyone with a company and doing quality work like ours do are competitive on pricing.. 

What kind of investment strategies are you aiming to do?

Are they doing what you need them to do?