Unless buyers have a ton of choices in your market, give them the freshest house possible with the allotted $20K of repairs and improvements.

There is also a portal that you can share with your tenant and you can store documents of your choice.  

Smart choice in introducing yourself!

I am undecided but if there is going to be a dishwasher I will throw in a disposer.(5) Countertop choices - what is the best material for the buck besides laminate?

The earlier you start thinking strategically about it the better!

I have good financial skills and good planning and strategic skills.

You'll be able to have a choice between tenants.

However, this could easily be structured as a strategic partnership -- his funds, your time -- and in the end he gets back everything he put in plus an agreed sum, and you split the difference.

Explain their choices to them: a, sell with an agent and pay the cost to sell, which averages 10 to 13% of value of the house, b, rent it out and wait for the market to recover, or c, look at the ways to sell on terms to perhaps avoid the costs to sell.

Double ovens and gas range tops with hoods are also in high demand.Plumbing fixtures - depends on style of house, for modern, go with polished nickel and very sleek, for Spanish med the bronze finish is the best choice, same with door hardware.