I mostly have the repair costs equal to or less than the new option deposit from the next tenant. (biggerpockets.com)
To most binary options deposit process takes few minutes to occur but with 24options, we were surprised because we had to wait for 24 hours for our deposit to be active. (binarysoftware.org)
I only buy small 1 - 4 units, but I get them cheap and my rental returns are great and I'd certainly rather collect rents from them (and / or Lease Option deposits) than sell these golden geese! (biggerpockets.com)