I'm going to move the kitchen, open a couple of walls and push the ARV.

Where most people go wrong is pushing ARV above comps thinking the improvements will bring a higher price.

I used to flip properties back in 2005-2008 and I got my tail handed to me in 2009 which pushed me out.

This pushes cap rates down/prices up, and makes it harder to get a good return on your investment without getting creative.Many small but wealthy investors find a niche between institutional investors and small investors in an effort to find better returning opportunities.

They have been building lots of properties here because the population keeps growing and there is no where to put the people... this is doing multiple things ( driving up rental prices, driving up home prices, pushing people out of their homes/rentals onto the street)

Do you think an extremely custom/DIY rental unit will draw in OR push away possible renters?

Because of this, we need to be working with lenders that can fund a project, when completed we can have another waiting to go that they can push their money (and growth) into and so on and so forth.

It definitely makes you push harder to find and close deals. 

You can also get it to do some other tricks by pushing the fresh-food door light switch a few times in a row, including starting a defrost cycle, and running the compressor, defrost heater, inside light, and evaporator (freezer) fan individually.

The price is 275K.I have been getting some push back from the commercial lender I use because the building will be vacant on transfer so it will take a small cosmetic 1 month rehab and some more time to get it leased up.