Purple bedsheets for curtains, clothes scattered about the yard, endless visitors on bikes or cars that stay less than 5 minutes or several that just hangout.

You'll find them in shore towns and cities, then the rest are scattered about.Next, just analyze deals until you figure out where your numbers need to be.

Water heaters every 7-8 years (they don’t like our hard water) and a scattered appliance here or there. 

There is a lot there on the subject but scattered around the site.My question, or request rather, is for fellow BP members to post actual examples of partnerships and structures they have personally employed, i.e.

Scattered vacant lotsI like apartments a lot, had one grossed about $750,000 in rent while i owned then sold it for 6x what I paid for it. 

This consists of an 11 unit building and 6 duplex scatter around a 3-4 block radius.

Of course, you don't hit on all these, and it really depends on your market, but I scatter them out around areas I think will appreciate.

@Dion DePaoli  I agree with Dion on all counts  especially the idea that you will get a premium.. if anything you will take less than market value... because investors are investors.. they want a deal.Its one thing to amass a nice portfolio but entirely a different matter when you want to sell it.you have 6,7 million in real estate a buyer that is looking to buy that kind of portfolio is usually going to look at mulit or other commercial.. as scattered houses are tough to manage.that leaves you the hedge fund..

Our experience is that, except for the tenants that keep a beautiful house, showing a house loaded up with moving boxes and scattered flotsam is worse than just waiting it out, cleaning up and showing it when it's empty.

The surprising thing is that most of the time they buy at a lower rate of return than the local investors will my guess is that they are scattering their investments into several regions hoping they all cant **** the bed at the same time?