I live in Utah where property gives in investors a great return, my husband is a developer as well we just purchased some land, for a large amount but the return if we sell it raw would be at least 1 million or if we develop it would be about 4 million. your best best if you find some property is to do some research, the quickest and easies way is to go to the city the property is in and check the master plan, (at the city planners building) they have a master map of what they project for the city for the next few years and you can find out if the area you are looking is panned use is.

$35k seems low for the proposed scope of work (if I'm understanding it correctly) but I'm looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.

The property wasn't maintained, and the "eyes of friends" I was counting on until my next visit didn't exactly pan out to say the least.I had an inkling something fishy was going on, but no hard evidence.

We finished cleaning the last bit of the home (replacing stove burner pans, etc), left the heat on and water dripping, as it is supposed to get very cold.       

The only new construction in this house is new kitchen and bath electrical circuits and new hard wired smoke alarms, moving washer hook ups-some cast iron replacing-new shower/tub valves and a new shower pan and frame two walls and add a door.

Beily Pan where is the property located?

Repairs and upgrading at $15 ish/sq ft (I am told the roof has at one spot leaked so that she has a pan on the floor to collect the water.

I look at percentages as the true indicator of how well certain decisions pan out for you, not the actual dollar amount.

Then put switch the sink to under the window, leave the refrigerator in the corner, might need a 6" pan cabinet as standard sink bases are 36".

The drip pan item is something that is a bit of a grey area.