After you do those minor fixes, it should appraise closer to the market value of $450k, especially if the upgrades add value. 

You're so lucky the propane tank wasn't closer...or the electrical lines...or the tree.

Our close rate and ROI plummeted to around 1.5X.

Primarily referencing past 6 months of transactions and closer to the west side. 

With vinyl, the closer to actual living temperatures you get (65-75 f) the better install you'll get.5) USE THE FLOOR ROLLER THEY RECOMMEND. 

So what I did is I looked at median prices of 2 bed condos between 800-1200sqft built between 1980-1990, I did this to eliminate new condos being added into the pricing pool, and look at this rollercoaster...Detached faired a LOT better, less variability in downturns, and much better return (for this chart I did not look at semi-detached, but the trend is closer to detached)

At first glance, you might notice things are cooling down a bit, but a closer look shows that for those ready to dive in, there are fresh opportunities to be found.Single-Family Homes: A Market Opening Up for BuyersSingle-family home sales dropped by 12.1%, going from 1,056 last year to 928, yet the median sale price actually nudged up 2.2% to $615,325.

Which will get him a lot closer to his actual goals--not having a 9-5 and helping his mom retire. 

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EB is great source of renters with solid incomes and I have found that our EB renters seem to prefer our listings in Groton being closer to EB and in some cases walking distance.