I'm kinda burned out on them and have been trying to skip between them and what I call lipstick houses like estates or something. 

Well - I guess when what you have is a pig, you'd better put some lipstick on it...hahahaBuddy, this was too easy...hahaha  Good Luck, Brandon!

I also suggest you get a written authorization to enter the property to inspect it, under the circumstances this letter should be notarized so that any cop won't have as many questions.It could be a flip with cleaning and lipstick, but not likely at what you think market is or what it was listed for because it didn't sell, obviously it was not priced to sell.You can't know until you see it and verify the mortgage payoff.

While these are real, I think they're far more frequently used to put lipstick on a piggy rental.  

I don't care if you are in Indi, Toledo, Chicago, Dayton, Cleveland, Cinci, Columbus, Detroit, Louisville, etc  Same pigs with the same lipstick that only idiots get caught-up in...This is blunt, Jay, but true :)

Even if a turn key guy slaps some lipstick on it and tells you otherwise...Be smarter than that folks!

Rehabbers like to take shortcuts so you want to make sure they didn't just put a lipstick on a pig.LA market is very specific.

Basically turnkey, maybe some minor lipstick required to bring it up to 2022 standards.

Finding cash flow deals is getting increasingly more difficult with climbing rates.Depending on what your property would appraise for now, following your lipstick renovations and equity from landing a discounted buy, it might be worth looking into doing a BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat).In executing a BRRRR, you'd do a cash-out refinance to recapitalize/remove the majority, if not all of your initial investment of $27,000.

Unless you're doing a cheapy lipstick on a pig or something, I'd probably remove them.