The demo, putting up drywall and repainting, flooring, changing doors, installing cabinets etc..

We replaced the old carpet of the living room and hallway with LVP, repainted the entire condo, added modern ceiling fans and new blinds.

While looking at one of David Greene's rehab projects in the same city (http://greeneincome.com/index.php/2016/12/01/alexon/), David paid $6.5K to have the property repainted, kitchen floor replaced, cabinets repainted, new doors installed, plumbing repaired, electrical upgraded, garage repaired, bathrooms refinished, new appliances and fridge installed, and some repairs made to a handrail.

My thoughts: --Re-paint whole house neutral colors.

We had someone hired to clean it and repaint the walls.

Target rental price is $1200-1400.Neighborhood is a B-/C+ (blue collar, mostly safe place, near highway, public transit, and shopping)My thoughts:--Re-paint whole house neutral colors (e.g.

You just have to keep it from chipping by regularly repainting it.

I have a nice Class C duplex unit available that I would more than love to rent to her. 100 dollars under market rent and i'll even repaint.

Beyond the easily visible and predictable flooring/repainting/cleaning/landscaping costs, figure that you will have more than one discovery of other important issues - the water heater needs to be replaced, the garbage disposal seizes up, the rain gutters are broken, some internal wiring is messed up and a light doesn't work, a bathroom fan starts making lots of noise after its run for a few minutes, a water main breaks..Make sure you have a cash cushion - or line of credit (credit card in a pinch) which you can use to address unexpected costs, some of which can be pricey.  

I always do this for rentals because I think it looks good and is easy to re paint if need be.