My capital gains were only $42,981 after deducting improvement and selling expenses of $38,500.Total after-tax proceeds:510,000 sale price-400,000 purchase price-16,325 capital gains tax-38,500 increase to basis expenses+143,000 gift of equity from Dad=======198,175  Here are a couple of the listing photos after professional staging.

Add your dazzle with staging.

I know for some, this is elementary, but I'm afraid I might miss something important along the way while i create my check list. 

I had two kids in elementary school, with several after school and weekend sports activities.  

@Amy Fowler - you won't get anything of value working with agents at this stage, without a proven close record.

Also, please let me know if you are willing to work with new investors or if you are at the stage where you are only taking on big hitters.

My thoughts on this would be to always have a price in your head you will sell it for at each stage.

Okay so if you guys were in the early stages like myself and had 25k from a sale what would you do with that money?

I don't think you want that at this stage. 

The 10k rehab budget is more so a part of my criteria meaning I'm not willing to put more than $10k into a property at this stage.