The second floor kitchen has some upper cabinets that are loose or pulling away from the wall and need to be refastened. 12.

Have any body had any experience with this?

Fixer uppers or finished.  

We can get another loan for our next property and be able to potentially only put down 3-5%....but, was hoping to purchase a fixer upper that we could build some sweat equity into so that our goals for investing could still remain attainable.

The other is much lower but is a fixer upper that would probably require work that would bring the total cost to be $140,000 with the addition of the money to do repairs. 

Also, definitely stay away from websites zillow and Icomps for comps- those sites can be up to 70% off on their numbers.Now I don't know the specifics of your deal like beds/baths, lot size, etc, but looking at comps within a .1 of the area, I would guess you'd be in the upper 300k range.

I like this route because I can see their body language, and its easier to gauge the tone of their voice.

Here are a few images from an upper east side NYC apartment I shot two weeks ago.

Fixer upper, but great bones and  I should be able to rehab and update for about $25,000. 

Is this a really high crime area where the police just collect the bodies?