I have done everything from sheet-rock to hardwood floors to roofing and plan to fix my first properties myself with the help of my brothers until I get the ball rolling and can afford to hire contractors. 

If you have a house that needs a lot of work by one or two trades (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, Flooring Installer,etc.) it might be an easier flip that finding a house that needs less work but by more trades.

I have seen cleaning companies do it as well as other businesses.

Had i known about the leak when it started 3 days ago I might not have been picking up the ceiling off the floor.

If you have a contact for a good drain cleaning servicer at a good price let me know.

Start adding up replacement roof, hvac, water heater, appliances, flooring, siding, windows, water/sewer lines, painting, etc., and $1k a year will never cover everything that eventually need to be replaced.

The sellers claimed it was cleaned up but upon a re-examination we found human waste STILL in the basement, not to mention the guy cleaning it up was just a maintenance man and had not come close to taking  appropriate measures to rectify (a shovel and hose doesn't clean up bio waste).

Just when we were about to close escrow, the house was finally cleaned out & vacated.

It's actually in the nicest high rise in the entire city and its priced actually 3% higher than a same floor plan unit on the 15th floor closed for in january and im on the 32nd floor.

It'll take a full remodel of the bottom floor (it's two flats).