I'm thinking of maybe just lumping them into a category under repairs or something but want to see if others have a It sounds like categorizing deductions under a ‘repairs’ category could work as a temporary fix, but it might not give you the full accuracy you’re looking for long-term.

There are never full photos of the mechanicals and basement and roof line so you will never have even a bare inkling of what the potential repairs will be.

You’re in a win win situation no matter what however I guess you would also want to take in account any major cap x repairs that might be coming up soon in the future you might want to avoid paying. 

If we rent the unit at $1,425, I have an estimated monthly cashflow of $302 (rent at $1450, cashflow is $325) I DO include vacancy, repairs, and cap exp in my Box2 Expenses.

The truth is, they will keep playing games and milk you for every penny they can, then they will leave the house a mess and cost more with cleaning, repairs, and vacancy.

I doubt it would qualify for a conventional loan with the repairs that need to be completed.

He said there shouldn't be any repairs and whenever there were repairs, he paid for the materials and had them be installed.

.- It's not profitable for them to search for under-market priced houses, figure out repairs needed or what other problem is pushing the price down and do even more for a newbie investor that has analysis-paralysis and may never buy anything.Some questions you'll want to share the answers to with any agent you choose:1) Are you paying cash or getting a mortgage?

Today it has doubled in value with only about $75,000 in repair money.

Perhaps, they can get out earlier such as July so you have time to do the necessary repairs so you only have one month of vacancy.