I used that company to rebuild a deck for me at my other rental and was happy with the quality for the price.

In my opinion complete quality renovation work but try to get it done asap.

Additionally, I negotiated that the seller do a new exterior paint job ($20k), $6,500 in landscaping, and $5,700 in deck work to transform the exterior to attract new quality tenants.

A $50K house is not going to be in a nice area or attract quality tenants.

Inspector could also not access attic space to verify quality of sheathing and venting.

We spent a little more then usual because we wanted the finished product to be hi quality and we spent on nicer finishes, design and staging.

Quality looking & Nice return too, congrats!

Warrenton has really grown up and RE is very expensive in comparison to GA, but as long as you don't have to commute to DC it's not bad quality of life.

I was fortunate that most of the expenses I had could be trimmed without any real impact to quality of life (no medical bills, no children, etc).

I also had a friend who had a 3bed 2bath with a house that was lower quality than mine and rented his rooms for 750 a room, covering his mortgage.To touch on appreciation, it does happen in Baltimore.