A quick fix now can save you from potential negative feedback later on.I'd be happy to discuss more ideas!

(I think they charge around $110 last I looked.) 8 years later the tenant they placed is still there but I have self managed for the last 5 years as rents have climbed to $3,500. 

I was considering reading J Scott’s “The Book On Estimating Rehab Costs” but wasn’t sure if the information remains relevant 6 years later given how pricing has changed since then. 

I started by house hacking a 4-plex, using a 3.5% down FHA loan and later refinancing at 2.9%.

But I'm front loading everything so there will be less deductions later on. 

If you give contractors a prize for finishing early on time, they will finish then to get the prize, but there is plenty that can be left undone without you knowing that will harm you later.

If the only MFH options you're finding are in areas you're not comfortable with, it might be worth focusing on a duplex in a better neighborhood.Saving up for a larger property later is a valid approach too, but keep in mind that real estate tends to appreciate over time, and waiting might make it harder to enter the market later.

Seller is singularly focusing on that bad, nothing else, not a year later, just the here n now of making that bad go away.

I would love to get your views four months later.

PREFERABLY 2000s and later.