Rather than bottom up research, start from the top as “what a student wants/pays gets in the area”, and then work your way down to what as a REI would make sense.For example, I paid $195/$209 for my 2 homes here, and have one 6, one 7 bedroom, both 2 bath homes.The $195K needed $15K in rehab and $209, about $1K in paint. so call it S210K each.House #1 Gross Rent – 6 rooms $425/piece - $2,550/moHouse #2 Gross Rent – 7 bedrooms 400 basement – 425 up - $2,875We offer unlimited wifi and clean and bright homes (even though one home is 90 yrs old, the other is 30 the interiors and offerings are the same).I say aim to be the best and you will get the best.

So I don't know what the interior looks like or what type of work would need to be done inside. 

I brought a fixer upper home in for 5K, put another 3-4k into it to get it set up and do a partial rehab and had a ton of people wanting it at $625 a month still needing an interior rehab.

We removed all interior walls in the rear half of the main floor and I'm having difficulties deciding what would be the best option for a kitchen layout for this project.Please provide your feedback if you did expensive flips.

In fact, most mold tests are a combination of interior test with an exterior test that's used as the "control."

After hearing the stories of how bad the tenants are I know there is no way for me to get inside the properties to see the interior unless the seller gets the eviction process going.  

Most are currently rented but one of the duplexes will need the interior completely redone when those tenants leave.

Maybe I'll give some details once I've seen the interior and decide on what I'm going to do with the property!

Think architectural digest, interior designers and professional staging.

Shawn Corcoran For every investor buyer who can/will perform, there's quite a few more tire kickers - normal to wait till you have a contract and good faith before showing financial details, interior inspections, etc.I'll second the advice about right to cancel anytime until your inspection contingency is up.Just keep in mind their P&Ls or tax returns are rear looking - stay focused on what you may be able to do with the property.