Expect the corporate giant managers down in the panhandle to stick you with 22-25%.

My question is should we sell the house "as is" which would bring us about $400k total or do the reno and then do room rents with shared spaces of the large kitchen, dining room, and giant living room?

The local REIA Group CARPOA meets the first Thursday (7pm) of every month at the Giant 2nd floor in camp hill. 

Plenty of giant real estate operators have done that and either lost it all or nearly lost it all when times got lean...like our former president.   

Originally posted by @Dick Rosen:You need to be very careful with this subject.

You get 20 yards for the price of 6 with the giant trash bag.

Basically she drove too close to a cop car with it's lights on in the middle of the road...cop was having a bad day (or was just a dick) and took it out on her.This one is a tough call - I'd say go with your gut.

It's giant, it's in the way, I don't want tenants using it and have a flood. 

The city was called, they came to snake the line and found no damage in the pipes going from my property to the streets, which means the damage was done AT THE STREET, which would be city owned pipes.The next day, the city sent out a construction crew to dig up the front sidewalk and sure enough, a giant hole in the city pipe for the runoff line was found and replaced. 

It is a giant relief to have actual steps. its easier to choose inaction when the steps are vague.