When I bought my first investment property the agent I was working with at the time took me to some homes that I wouldn't even let my dog live in. I spent six hours with him that first day looking and learning. Discouraged at the end of the day he told me I was looking at the homes all wrong. I was only looking at their current condition and not what they could become. The home I purchased had red, green, brown and orange shag carpet, glued to the floor and smelled like every animal in the neighborhood had made a deposit. I spent two days with a putty knife scrapping up the carpet and sanding the floor. By the time I was finished with the home all the neighbors came over and thanked me for taking the worst looking house in the neighborhood and making it one of the best. It's not what you see, it's what you make of it. Create your own Michelangelo.