Purchase price: $97,000 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $200,000 The structure was in great shape but needed cosmetic upgrades and some reconfiguring of the interior.

Best Value adds are:Updated kitchen, updated bathrooms, cosmetic remodels.Additional bathrooms - finished basement spaces, in unit washer dryer, central air, additions/alterations.All of those are useless though if your roof is 30 years old, your mechanicals are from pre 1950's, and your home is in dire need to be renovated "behind the walls"Otherwise the above will increase your value but you will be left with Lipstick on a Pig

I stick to cosmetic rehabs.

The house has a solid brick exterior and a good foundation but needed a cosmetic upgrade with some reconfiguring of the interior.

Unit turnovers have been way too slow, usually taking 3 months just to get rent-ready (all cosmetic, no mechanical replacements).

Not sure the type of home, but sometimes you can decline masonry cosmetic coverage that can help with the rate.

Cosmetic paint, intside out, new HVAC.

Mostly all cosmetic including exterior.

My first property was distressed, cosmetic+ rehab but it qualified for an FHA loan, 5% down.

One of the properties is about 90% rent ready and just needs a few cosmetic repairs.