So my wife and I have decided it's time to upgrade our personal home.

I want to upgrade the unit but not break the bank for something so small.

We are interested in purchasing property in the US in order to later upgrade and benefit from a 1031 exchange.

Need electric upgraded?

I'm fairly confident that with modern upgrades the house will support that valuation and command high rents.

-Full kitchen tear out and rebuild $10000-12000-All new flooring $3000-$4000-Paint $1000-A few fixtures $1500-2250-appliances $4000-roofing $6000-8000-Siding (is a maybe depending on how the rest of the neighbor looks) $3500-5000-deck repairs $1000- garage door $800-1500- Bothroom upgrades $3000Depending on the lay out we would be looking at doing master suite with a Bathroom.

Collect money fee, acquisition fee, ongoing management fee,   watch contractor do upgrade fee, hire contractors fee,  disposition fee,   fee for doing refinance,  fee for doing financial statements,   20% fee if sell property at profit.If investor happy with their 5% preferred return great..  

The house needs minor cosmetic upgrades but is practically rent ready.

So after you claim the house, you can put upgrades that you've done to it and Zillow will update their price - although it still might not hit your proposed selling price. https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/zillow-faces-lawsuit-over-zestimate-tool-that-calculates-a-houses-worth/2017/05/09/b22d0318-3410-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?

Did you implement all the other required asset protection steps before upgrading to asset protection structures?