Elsewhere, you might find places that just need a coat of paint and they are rent-ready and they satisfy the 2% rule.

Once he starts, it sounds like 3-4 days max of work depending on how many coats of paint and primer are needed.

Have your stuff ready - teflon tape and/or pipe dope (I personally like a nice coating of pipe dope if you have a pisser pipe as it's water indifferent), new valve in the open position, wrenches.

Try to get an estimate from a company that will not dig up, but coat the inside with epoxy.

Only thing I can add are "hacks" are more physical, "hardening" I think someone else had called it..During rehab, I put a thicker layer of plywood at the bottom of sink cabinets because particle board doesn't handle drips well.  

And don't mind to have better place 2-3 hours away from work .3D printer , bring the house coat down by printing the houseOnline retailer, what will be the future of comercial real estate ?

I replaced all of the carpet, the pad, then put 3 coats of KILZ on the floor and eventually painted the walls to get the cat smell out. 

So, he applied Zorbit on the stairway overnight and the next day, he applied 2 coats of oil-based kilz original.

If they run in-house property management, I really appreciate it when they provide actual data for vacancies and maintenance for their properties under management.It suggests that they understand that setting and meeting realistic expectations is likelier to keep me buying over time than sugar-coating a deal and masking inevitable expenses.Any investor should be doing diligence and their own modeling on property values, rents, vacancies, maintenance, CapEx, etc.

I painted whole hallway, my closet in my bedroom (he added a second coat to that), my mom’s walls and closet (he did the ceiling because I’m short), and part of the bathroom he didn’t finish.