My friend said his client nearly bailed when she found unexpected wiring issues behind the kitchen walls..apparantly the seller hadn’t touched that electrical since the Reagan era..but with a patient electrician who understood the local code and a carpenter who improvised a shelving trick in the diningrom, they ended up selling above asking.Flipping and building can get tricky, especially once you start thinking bigger.

Aside from not paying any rent since July, claiming she lost her 2 jobs due to COVID19 (and the California eviction ban protecting her) she's been complaining that there's a gap in the kitchen floor where flies could fly in, and black mold in the shower.  

I let one tenant break his lease when GK Houses didn't initiate repairs to a kitchen in drastic need of sudden repair while the tenant lived there.

To get it homeowner ready would probably be another $8k for some kitchen updates.

The help I have provided with a few home remodels has consisted of kitchen and bathroom layouts, flow and functionality, fixtures and finishes of the home, all while trying to stay within budget.  

It seems that if you can find a good deal on the purchase price, are willing to do cosmetic updates (floors, painting, maybe a kitchen) you can get that 100-200/month cash flow.  

We added some instant value to this one, changing fixtures, adding accent walls, and altering kitchen cabinets.

I don’t mind adding a new kitchen or bathroom but I don’t what to do the whole entire house again.

I had a few hiccups (the house had a leak and I had to get the ceiling replaced for the kitchen and so on) I made it work.

I just had my first tenants move into my property on the 1st, when doing the final walkthrough I reminded them that there is no garbage disposal in the kitchen, I did mention this to them before they signed the lease.