If anyone is looking for an honest efficient appliance guy in & around Dunedin, Tampa to St Pete's etc PM me.Our snowbirds arrived mid afternoon & the fridge had died.

@Greg Clatterbuck  I always put in that the appliances are in working order at closing. 

IMO you will need : appliance repair company, plumber, handyman.

He recommends replacing because a repair would cost similar, according to the appliance person he had out to look at it.

ARV: $200-$210kSqFt 859Has lots of mold, built in 1905Roof looks fine, has decent appliances, will need to carpet, paint, need to redo the bathroom and kitchen.

I would just spiffy up the units a bit upgrade the appliances, upgrade the kitchen OR bathroom.A furnace on that size home is $2200, HWT is $600, a full tear-off roof might run you $6K, those windows look newer, that not a problem.

If the house needs a new roof, paint, new carpets/flooring, updated appliances or anything like that, your repair costs are probably too low.You also need to factor in closing costs.

I personally have been purchasing used appliances, even when doing a rehab.

That takes away the 'something changed' from when we entered into the contract to when the contract closed.Maybe the buyer expected that the appliances were staying and they are gone or maybe there was a kitchen fire since the buyer last saw the property or maybe 'swept clean' in the contract does not mean that the couches and piles of trash should remain and there they are.

The house was in very good condition, we just put new appliances.