I gave too much control up without having worked with this guy before, and several aspects of the construction work went off course, including the kitchen design and color pallette.

The reality is if the place went dark and you had to sell you'd only get the value based on comps.

I believe this was done to keep me in the dark and he would comfortably outbid me hoping I would take that inspection and 15 month old appraisal of 650K at face value.

The process looked like this:  TSP wash and degrease area by switch plates, scrub baseboards, scrub angle turn valve, scrub top of vanity light bar, scrub top of door frame...then cut in ceiling of each room, then remove exhaust vent cover and vacuum around it, then paint ceiling of each room, then paint baseboards, then cut in wall color (which actually means entirely paint some tight areas), then apply first coat of wall color, then apply second coat of wall color, then hit the cut in areas again where there aren't two coats. 

Painted both of the bedrooms I rented out (one of them was a horrendous blue color) and did some cheap curb appeal fix-ups (mulch, cleaning, etc.)!

Tenants are not completely in the dark on rental rates, they probably tell their friends about the great price and how smart they are to get it.

Any color on how this has worked for you?

And yes, I really do not get a good feeling about tatted head to toe women and people with weird hair colors and piercings.

For me it was worth getting my license because I renovate homes and I also didn't want to remain in the dark.

I would love to come but don't know if I'll make it as Minot is 1 1/2 hours away for me (and I don't like driving in the dark).