There was some work done on the house, but there were lots of small details and finishes that needed fixing, so we handled that (e.g. adding nice affordable trim to mirrors, privacy on windows, touch up painting, caulking everywhere, etc. and Corby got his trusted contractors to deal with most other things.

Purchase price: $50,000 Cash invested: $40,000Five bedroom two bath house that was built in 1875. 2300 square-foot, fully remodeled, fully weatherized, new windows throughout, new siding, new flooring, new baseboard trim, new window trim, new door trim, new doors, Second bathroom fully gut and remodeled, Saved old doors and made a island out of one of them and a mudroom coat hanger out of the other one.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

They'd show up, trim the same hedge they trimmed last week, blow some leaves from one side of the yard to another, and leave. 

Repainting trim work outside.

It's a lot of mowing and trimming.

The budget for the property is below.Paint walls, cabinets, trim and basement + wall paper removal $3,000Flooring throughout including finished basement $5,000Light fixtures, outlet swaps for white, misc repairs $2,000Landscaping $1,000Appliances $2,500TOTAL BUDGET $13,500Interest and estimated closing costs $10,000Future Sales price: $139,900Potential Profit $44,000Stay tuned for more updates, photos and videos.

Trim margins, uncertain market.

If you ever repaint, consider gray walls and white trim. 

Husband has a customer who wants a very large order of trim to be painted and installed by him.

This involved a serious water-main replacement and all new everything (except the roof and walls), even serious tree-trimming done by experts.