Ryan D. to answer you question on a previous thread I am on the North Side, Portage Park, Albany Park and Lincoln Square) .  

The A/C guy just put more freon in it, he basically patched it up for another year.....Also with a heat pump the techs DO NOT put extra freon in your unit when they installed it to compensate for the 50-100 foot lineset/pipes that run up the wall, so you are already short on freon the day they install the unit, you just dont know about it....If you went with a package unit (the square rectangle kind that is all outside) you shouldnt have to worry about being short freon because  its precharged from the manufactor (I trust them more than a green helper that just started in the A/C business), and you shouldnt have to worry about carpenters, or sheet rock guys punching a nail threw the pipes that run up the side of the wall because its all self contained in that outdoor unit...Thus they call it a "Package Unit."

I've also heard of people using tar paper or red rosin paper over concrete. 

Here in California you have 17 days to get out of a contract for any reason, the dirt is too brown, the A/C is too cold, the house is too square, whatever.

The additional square footage did not add much additional value since homes in the neighborhood typically sold in a particular price range. 

I'm hoping that I'll be able to sell my house at least $132,000 then use $100,000 to start buy/hold for cashflow.Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/JUE1h (red circle = my property)My questions areWill these apartment complexes bring my rent/house value down or bring them higher?

So I looked at a 3br property that is around 900 square feet today. 

That rent at that price is great in some neighborhoods but could be a red flag in another.  

Given 300 square feet of bedroom space, a 10x16 master and two tiny 7x10 kids rooms is better than 3 10x10s, but it will still rent.  

(all of you full time rehabbers out there can skin me, but I just want to plug in some numbers to illustrate the principle)So let's say you estimate your repairs at 15/square foot.