So I understand @Stanford Neal Mead only if we could have bought a crystal ball from Amazon back then, SMH.

@Cole Hopkins, Your question is more about strategic placement rather than tax implications but as a ball park figure that your basis plus those improvements minus 4 years of depreciation would leave you with a gain of somewhere around $250K of which $220 would be gain at around 19% and 30K at 25%. 

(Ball park figures) The real question is "how do you get to that number most efficiently".

Painting probably same thing based on per sqft and stuff like trim flat rate.As you get up into things like kitchens or bathrooms etc you should be able to ball park a range based on size...

I was almost thinking my post would go unanswered but thank you so much for starting the ball rolling on this!

Brrrr is tough since everyone does it, plus construction and contractors are booking right now.The lower budget stuff gets gobbled up by people that have no idea what they're doing or sellers won't take low-ball offers.

No one has a crystal ball.

Secondly, I am in the ball-park of expenses.

.…… 5 to 10 year is too far out for anyone not even the academians have a crystal ball...… Read Yellen's books.....

Is this a low ball offer or is it reasonable ?