It will need:- New floors throughout the house- New roof- New deck- Paint, possibly even replacing dry wall (there are stained yellow patches throughout the home)- The basement to be finished- Brand New Kitchen- Brand new bathroomsI do not know the first thing about carpentry so I would have to find a reliable contractor but how do I find out the general cost for projects like those listed above in my area?

Being handy can decrease the safety reserve required for a novice just starting out...If you have a problem and you know that you and youtube can fix it competently for the cost of materials, you can trade your time for money and spend your weekend digging up that sewer line, patching that roof, replacing that window, or running some pex-- but hey at least your are working for yourself and you can get started with less cash. 

My rental property thinks I should find a new tenant which will cost me $450 to re-market and then however much it will cost me to turn the property (probably paint, patch and any wear and tear).

We're not all fighting over the same little patch of turf- that's one of the things that makes the sharing of info so easy.

I still netted $27k on the sale but I admit that I did a lot of the labor myself since demo is fun and it's not that hard to paint and patch some holes.

. - One extreme direction is warzone investing, crazy cap rates and max cashflow, for dirt cheap homes, but you need that cashflow to patch the bullet holes and pay for all the evictions. - Then there's the middle, where most REI activity is done.

Use semi-gloss paint, never flat and use muted, off-white colors that do not fade so patching, rather than painting entire areas can be done.These are some basic steps that can be easily identified.

A new buyer who doesn't know will often think that your house will need a complete overhaul of its foundation so make sure you seal the little cracks and patch up the missing chunks.

Drywall is cheap and it doesn't cost much to patch it if/when you get holes.  

You can only get repair bids from NACA contractors, and their bids are ridiculous ($500 to patch a hole in a wall!)...