If you are doing major renovations that could change someone's opinion as to the value of the rental, then you should wait until those major renovations are complete.For example, if I were painting and replacing flooring in a couple rooms, then I would advertise now.

We added value by making a accent while in the living room, as well as refreshing all the furniture and decorations, painting the property, making a back door. back door out of the master bedroom because there was no way to get to the backyard without having to go through the side as well as some landscaping & new washer dryer.

Will need all the typical repairs (flooring, cabinetry, paint, etc. etc. etc.). 

The house needs a rehab, including bathrooms, floors, paint, kitchen, and AC unit—all need to be updated as everything is original.

Now with a blank canvas I got my contractors together and painted the picture.

There are usually some minimum services like painting and house cleaning, but if additional renovation or maintenance is required, that will add to the price.

I would think and assess if it actually needs a new kitchen (if there are cabinets there already just old, can you paint them and put new knobs on)?

I can do all the basic things like lawn maintenance, snow removal, painting etc, and some electrical and plumbing.

Well, the contractor's price was ridiculous, retail or more. 380-400 a sq for a roof, 4k to paint the interior of a 1200 swqft house., 2k labor to install a furnace, just nuts, so we pulled the plug.

The sq ft price also doesn't matter because a 1500sq ft 3/1 and a 1000sq ft 3/1 will have roughly the same kitchen cost and the extra 500 sq ft is generally the cheapest part of the rehab with paint and flooring