Purchased ~15 years ago at $360k, own free and clear, C+/B building in B/B+ neighborhood, currently paying themselves from property about $1200 a month, some capX items updated, clean, good screening criteria, painting and touch ups after each turnover.

If it still needs some touch-up here and there - then it probably is ready.

Maybe a week if it required a lot of work, if not just a few days to touch up paint, new occupancy permit, make w/e small repairs necessary, then move it.

Sometimes we don't need to paint the entire apartment, but only do touch ups. 

Also think about turning a unit, doing repairs after someone moves out (think patching holes, touch up paint, basic landscaping) can easily run over $1,000.

There is some repair costs needed to touch up the place like carpet and fresh paints, will this be something that we will need to do prior to having the tenant/buyer accepting into the property?

If all I'm doing is cleaning and mild touch ups/repairs, I can do that in a matter of days..... then my open house is within a week of move out.In a real hot market and a well kept property, I know some show it before the tenant moves out....

It also have the coming "Coming Soon" note at $425,000 and that Zillow plan to only do some light touch up to the house before putting it back on the market.

Unlike the first two which we will quickly touch-up and list for sale, the plan for the third is a substantial remodel.

After closing: With a few repairs and touchups, both the front and the back house could have been rented out for market rents.