Pictures and perhaps even reno ideas or trends in the neighborhood will help paint the picture for the potential buyer.  

Zestimate is looking at the entire zip code and general market trends in populating that number.

My personal Docter had been telling me for about 30 years that I was in excellent shape and my chiropractor saved my life with suggesting I get a head X-ray that is called a MRI.  

So another question I have is, How does a market trend upward?

Property was in pretty good shape when I saw it and I really like the long term outlook of the area. 

Staying current with trends will help increase your profits.

It is a 3 bedroom brick house and I am paying about 30k, it could sell from at least 70k move in ready, and its in pretty good shape - needs flooring (5k), paint (2k), new kitchen (5k), new bathrooms (4k), new windows (8k) - rough numbers togive an idea of the scope of the project.Now there's the concrete...

You make your money when you buy, whether it be a foreclosure or new mls listing, in excelkent shape or a real dog...you need to know what its ARV is or what it will likely rent for and buy with that and regab costs in the equation.

There are multiple factors when predicting where house price movements will trend, but a stronger economy (which is the driving force to end easy money policies anyway) may have a stronger impact on the housing market than the interest rate factor.With more money in the pockets of an average household, there might be enough demand in the housing market to offset the rising cost of leverage.

@Chris FarrugiaThe roof is a maintenance item, and is expected to be in good shape.