Is it out of line in the case of slumlord/neglectful ownership to just ask the tenants if you can get a peak at the place, maybe snap some pics and get a soft estimate before you submit an offer?

Drive the area looking for rental signs and then put the addresses into zillow etc...to see if you can find interior pics.

She took pics before & after & dropped the assessment $40k for 5 years after which it could only increase gradually by $15k.

You can still see two police officers in the photo, although you probably wouldn't realize.First pic is the one from the MLS, second from google maps.

Acquisition 37K  and rehab cost 55K. Total cost 92K. 4.5 months rehabPlease help me decide on Exit strategy. Should I :a) Sell for 132K. Netting 20K after closing costs and capital gain taxesb) Owner finance (Contract...

Make sure to post some before and after pics once you sell!

Here are a few Before Pics of the kitchen:And During:

Go to your pic top right, click on arrow, go down to Profile Settings.

Here is a pic of a home I acquired this year in which I cleaned up yard/home and immediately put it back on market. 

so it's taken me 5 months and lots of tears on other rehabs, but we finally finished this one.here are some pictures of the final product. if you have seen pics of our other houses, the interior starts to look like a cookie cutter home. same colors, same finishes, same, same, same..so i hope you like them.listed 30 mins ago on poslets for $1,075, we accept petsi have to look at the numbers when i get home from vacation, but i think it was around 10 to fix. who cares, really. what needed to be done got done. at this point, it just snowballs and the rest pay for the new acquisitions. i love keeping my subs busy, i just love it.