Over the weekend the crew returned to find the entire floor soaked and all the flooring tiles had popped up, carpets squishing, etc. in other words...

Of course I look for value plays where a little paint and carpet goes a long way.

Renters are already in place, home is turnkey except for new carpet that the seller will put in.

The carpet had to be swept before being vacuumed.

Carpet throughout which needs to come up.

And I'm assuming new carpet after the family of 5 moves out simply because it will have been in use for over 6 years.

If you have carpeting, it must be replaced.

Also, new appliances in all units, carpet is 75% and units as a whole in great shape.

Is there a local data book that appraisers go by to make adjustments for carpet vs tile vs hardwood vs laminate, or brick vs wood, architectual vs 3 tab, etc?

In general, it costs me 50 to 70 cents each time I "touch" these targets with direct mail.There are also ways to carpet bomb areas - such as "shared mail" which can be somewhat targeted and costs only $1,600 to deliver a large postcard to 10,000 addresses.Depending on your budget, you can layer these techniques so you are always coming at the market from several different directions at a reasonable cost for marketing.Best Wishes!