I was getting ready to roll up my sleeves and start some rehab like repainting, tiling, new floors, etc. nothing too crazy.

Some common renovation expenses:Entry level stainless appliances are $1600 - $2000To repaint all surfaces of a 800 sq ft apartment is going to cost at least $1500; probably more. 

Louis, MO Purchase price: $50,000 (short sale) - aunt was agent, so fee was waived (she was helping us out) - borrowed money from grandma for the down payment: $13,000 Material costs: $8000I forgot to itemize everything over the course of the four years, but the improvements were: -blown in insulation-tile floor in kitchen-new bathroom flooring x2-new basement carpet-new basement flooring (previous was rotted through) -new carpet in bedroom x2-hard wood flooring refinished-new refrigerator-painted entire interior of the house-installed two custom closets in bedrooms-repaired and repainted the garage-tore out dinning room drop ceiling, installed drywall ceilingAll the work was done by us, save the hardwood floors.Sale Price: $108,000 less: -$6000 in fees (man I need to get a real estate license) -$5000 in concessions Net: $43,000 $108,000-$33,000 left on the note-$13,000 to grandma-$6000 fees-$5000 concessions-$8000 material costsThe problem that I have is how to value this in terms of holding costs.

You should not have to repaint the whole house every year or every tenant turn.

Tenant mopped.My only guess on what to try is to repaint- but I would hate to charge them for repainting when it doesn't need it.Any suggestions?

When my wife and I moved in we had both houses repainted.

wow that medical insurance is extremely expensive..... i seriously do not know why people is hating their w2 ........ i love my w2 just like real estate flip activity , if i only buy rental i don't feel satisfied enough hence i let go my rental OOS right now....... currentlyy i just dont have patient if i see bad looking house with 1980 flooring in santa clara county also with that wood cabinet.....i felt like i want to change everything and make it more modern. my wife also like to re-paint everything so she keep asking me to keep buying flip so her hobby in painting and landscaping is being channeled in reality.....

This included things like installing transition pieces in the doorway between laminate and wood flooring "because the change in surface texture was a tripping hazard", replacing a concrete slab in the drive (Which the tenants do not use) because there were cracks, scraping and repainting minor cracked/peeling paint in the halls "because it was a health hazard", installing GFI outlets which the other landlord had never been cited for, and a number of other things that clearly had not just developed since the previous inspection.

For example, my first apartment charges a $160 fee upon move-out deducted from security deposit to repaint the apartment for every tenant (it was part of an apartment complex of like 65 units).

I did two more coats of primer, will be back Saturday for another and to repaint.