No sure about that as buyers want to see the finished product and showing them before pictures will often not be well received.That's funny, my wife said the exact same thing about showing them the before pictures. 

@Van Lam - I think your plan to finish rehab and then rent them out a higher market rents makes sense to do first.

We release real data every month, as we finish the compiling of the data.

I still remember working until 2:00 am on a Saturday night to finish an apartment. 

We found two contractors and the bid we received to finish the work were higher than the bid we contracted to complete the entire rehab! 

I am in the middle of finishing 2 flips there and have 2 long term Holds there as well. 

I just finished The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner, and it made me even more excited and determined about getting into this business.

That home belonged to my grandmother and was stuck in probate until I ushered it to finish line after a long 21 years.

We are renting from him for $100/month while we finish probate.

And once I finish the due diligence, my work is done: it's completely passive.