I'm able to trim them way back by doing most of the expensive work myself.

I PAINTED, DID MOLDINGS, TRIMS, INSTALLED DOORS. it was definitely a turning point in my real estate investing plan.

Purchase price: $250,000 Cash invested: $14,000 Sale price: $350,000 Purchase Price: $250,000* I made 6% on the purchase upfront since it was a listing that I had bought directly from my seller.Rehab Cost: $16,000 for new HVAC unit, interior paint, exterior trim, and new carpet in 4 bedroomTotal Hard money cost: $16,000 (application fee, holding cost, and back end points)Buyers Agent Commission: $10,500New Roof: $6,000 (total was $18,000 but insurance paid the difference)Listed the property myself as an agent so no listing fee paidPurchase Price: $250,000Total Expenses minus upfront commission: $36,500Total Net Profit: $63,500Total days from contract to resale: 97 days What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Only thing this property needed was interior paint, exterior trim, HVAC unit, and carpet in 4 bedrooms.

I'm using this to adjust/trim my initial SoW and I think this will be a key part in not over renovating for the area.

-Landscape Maintenance (no grass, just trimming/maintaining palms, flowers, mulch, etc.)

Maybe it's the place where the idiot former homeowners never trimmed back the tree overhanging the roof. 

After re-wiring the house the way I wanted in the house and Re-Sheetrocking and trimming the house it's been our family home for the last 12 years and have upgraded and added so much more to it since including a huge wrap around deck across the back, screened in porch, hot tub, solar panels etc.

Electric 4500, permits 1200, power wash siding 500, cabinets 8500, appliances 3700, quartz 5800, insulate 450, tile 6k, demo/dumpsters 6k, mold/vapor barrier crawlspace 2k, doors%closets 3k, subfloor repair 1800, plumbing/fixtures 14k, exterior window/door/fascia replacement 2k, knobs/shelves 3k, replace 1 car garage door and motor 2k, staging/marketing/stamps 500, framing/remove wall/LVL beam/architect 6300, trim/crown/casing 2k, reseal driveway 600, mudjack 1500, paint interior/exterior 7k, maid, etc 1k, demo concrete side patio and seed with dumpster 1700, landscape 1k, replace 8 windows and sliding patio, shower glass door 5500total rehab 107k

I.e. you can likely have your carpenter hanging trim while your tile guy is working in bathrooms.