@Jonathan CronkiteJust broom clean, and go heavy with the roller, one coat and your done!

Bye-the-way, I've seen some high-end properties in high-end neighborhoods and several have been 'move-in-ready' but still needed a coat of paint in one or two rooms and/or new carpet or fresh shampoo, clean-up in the yard - maybe a new microwave, etc. 

. $1,500 for initial repairs is barely a fresh coat of paint for the house.

We've found them coated in mold, nicotine & what appears to be petri dish science experiments as moisture dwells in the lower trays.

What you need Emma is local people that have lived here all their life to tell you like it is and not sugar coat it.

Biggest change would be to finish the basement so the first floor 1br apartment can utilize it and extra space, otherwise, I was thinking to update kitchens / bathrooms / floors and put fresh coats of paint + add moldings.

Sometimes all that is needed is a new coat of paint.

Now if they ask, I am more than glad to share my opinion and my research, but I offer nothing and I sugar coat NOTHING.

More like Turn Coat!

For example, there are costs associated with wall damage, overgrown lawns, hard wood floor damage (both buff + coat and sand + coat), missing smoke detectors, etc.