If you have not set up a monthly budget for personal things like bills, clothing, food, gas, play money to use on dining out and movies etc.

As an aside, have you ever seen the reference to Garland in the movie "Zombieland"?

Everyone needs to see this movie.

I will seriously consider some of your (and Bohemiana's) suggestions for AFTER closing.Why throw paint on your date's fur coat BEFORE the dinner and movie (even if your first impression does not look promising)?

Seriously though, keep it, fix it right, comp the tenants a dinner and a movie or something to thank them for their patience, then kick back and count the dollars coming in. 

All my living rooms have a theme like Hunting, Bodybuilding, Guy Action Movies, Labrador Retrievers, Sports Memorabilia. 

I think at this point people are reduced to - I feel like Huston will have higher job growth with less supply or I think the movie industry is moving to Atlanta.

I mean, dang, that sucks worse than that guy in that one movie where he sucks a lot. 

v=EOMJz728FJgFrom there you can go to the 'Part 2' and 'Part 3' vids and then the updates are just done by date in single movies.

2 weeksThat's from the movie Money Pit - you will not get an answer to your question that will encompass every flip, it all depends on what you do and how much you do, I'm a General Contractor and i can give you at least 20 different prices for the same project -  lets say, a bathroom ( most common reno ) -size of bath -  what tub, (steel, cast iron, fiberglass) - or is the bath just a shower, (fiberglass, ceramic tile, marble, are there accent pieces ?)