With the first major storm, we noticed water coming into the basement in several areas, which we promptly chiseled out and hydraulic cemented.

Day #2 Today we unearthed the cement mixer that hasn’t been used in 10+ years.

Cement is going to be a land improvement with a life of 15 years. 

Hey BP community,Reaching out because I’ve been screening prospective tenants for a rental in Darby (less than .1 miles from SW Philly which is a low-middle/lower income area.I’ve had no problems getting INITIAL interest in the rental, I’ve also had little to no feedback about the price being too high for the area HOWEVER I’ve run into a lot of no show appointments (at a much higher rate than I did for my other rentals) and even had prospects pay to do background/credit checks and still have not been able to cement a decent tenant.Is there any specific tips/tricks anyone wouldn’t mind sharing?

The appraiser will fail a property for a small amount of peeling paint, a cracked window, wobbly hand rails, crumbly cement steps, etc. 

HOWEVER- after inspection and research have uncovered some issues....The house was flipped by an aspiring real estate investor who acquired the place as a wholesale deal (re-assignable contract)....did the flip without pulling permits from the city and therefore sunk money on CapEx (I.e a new kitchen) which now requires more investment to be within code, and also has a list of city inspection issues which requires even more investment (driveway cement repair, new chimney mortar, front porch cement work).

I had to treat the cement with several rounds of odor neutralizer, then odor blocking primer.

We picked one up at an auction for $50k, 2200 sq ft building, huge lot, fully fenced & completely covered with cement.

Got back into the duplex this weekend and put down the cement boards in the bathroom to level out the floors and get them ready for tile.  

It feels like that way of looking at it cemented my will to keep going with this.