Hi Adam, we do everything in-house from the permitting & architectural to the construction itself, so that removes a few variables.

We painted the inside, opened the kitchen/dining room, replaced windows, removed a nasty fabric lined black tub from the basement, replaced the siding and redid the bathroom.

such as by including affirmative coverage for forced removal in the loan policy. 

It’s given me the opportunity to save and prepare for my next upcoming purchase.I’ve gotten the units from $750x2 and $800x2 to a consistent $900. current mortgage is $2500 monthly, refinancing to a conventional and removing mortgage insurance should bring me to $2100. 

You can buff out scratches with a baking soda paste, a stainless steel scratch remover like Bar Keeper's Friend, or a small amount of toothpaste.

Snow removal and fire prep add to the cost.

All liens are removed from the property as the result of sale at auction.We won the bid, wrote the check to the sheriff within 30 days, and today the deed was recorded, we are the owners!  

@Patti Robertson I was more thinking if the tenant isn’t removing the trash in a timely manner or has trash on the exterior.

Ask for them to remove the tree.Fifth, see if you can apply to get a protective order from a court to maintain the property. 

An example of this is I had one trash company that collected the same three containers for $90 less than the in place trash removal company. $90/month X 12 = $1080 increase in NOI, at a 10% cap rate that small change increases the value of that property by a whopping (1080/10%=$10,800)!