She came across something on Realtor.com the other day and I initially brushed it off saying it was a total redo, and we shouldn't get into that for a first house.

Warren Buffet was known to recite all the numbers of the annual reports that he studies for fun.3. brush up on your handyman-ness!  

Not to say that there aren't speculators out here, just as there are in the midwest, but to paint an entire region with the same brush just because it doesn't happen to fit their investment model is a bit much really ...

I've tried to personally reach out to some real estate professionals I know, but I feel like I've been brushed off.

Looking at the comps, white counters are whats selling with european brushed nickel pulls. 4) They also have white subway tile backsplash, you just have a 4" matching backsplash, no tiled backsplash. 5) All the comps I list below do NOT have carpet in bedrooms, while yours does.

that depends on how good you are with your paint brush.

Our plan is to join MIG since we will be in town during there Feb meeting and meet up with a few of the local pros then  [kind of a sneak out of the brush and introduce our self's to learn from the pro's what we are doing wrong thing] We will also take new looks at our holdings and shake the trees to see if we can find a few more.

Do TWO BRUSHED coats of that -- it dries a bit faster than Kilz and works great for problem areas.

When he first bought it, doing the rehab we would hear an occasional strange noise, but brushed it off as it was a half-double and figured it was just noise from the other side.

Painting all contractors ( or even most of them) with a broad brush of con men is like saying all RE Investors are just out to be slum lords and only care about the money and Flippers are selling you junk houses with paint jobs.