Redfin agent arrived on time, nice clean car, dressed professionally, and I was immediately impressed with her understanding of the shifting market, the recent sales nearby, and she made a few suggestions to enhance the curb appeal and interior, which I completely agreed when she pointed them out.

The goal was to make it a turn-key vacation rental without the need to return in the future to enhance or fix it.

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If you are going for textured walls it goes faster since you don't have to hide as many joints but if you want a flat painted wall, expect the sheet rock and mud and tape to take a lot longer than you may think.While you have the walls open, inspect the water and drain pipes & replace the ones that need replacing.And, if you are upgrading wiring in the bathrooms to code, it's a good time to upgrade the shower fixture which has to be done behind the wall anyway.Since it is an investment property and 3,800 sq ft, if you can find a room to put in a second kitchen so you can rent out a room/couple of rooms with their own kitchen, this would be the time to consider it.Hire a couple of highschool kids to take off the lath and plaster, save yourself a lot of money and keep them off the street. 

Maybe you are referring to what I call "making it developer ready", in that case there can be some unknowns and it can take a while to get though the upgrades and enhancements for the planning department, utilities, roads, etc... 

It is easier for me to buy and sell properties in California than someone in California, although I can do little to enhance curb appeal.

You can't pay them to hold up a wall all day so basically the texture, prime & paint stage, and/or tearing out bad areas or old nasty carpet to bare wood.

Hi,As a future enhancement, it would be nice to date stamp your portfolio.

If you take the advice will you be in some way improved or enhanced?

If something that is a request that is a "change request" or a "enhancement" then attach a price (You can do this very politely)."