Having said that, many young people view rentals as a temporary stage in life where they save money to buy their own home.  

For example, in the chapter I'm reading right now, he outlines the order in which he conducts the stages of rehab.

@Daniel Rodriguez let’s do it...where are you on the wholesaling stage right now..I’m getting ready to skip trace..do you know where to get the P&S and assignment of contract agreements?

I have had really good luck getting well above market rent on my current units by staging them nicely and having professional looking pictures.

There might be quite a bit of cleaning, repairing, painting, and staging that needs to be done. 

I don't think that number is necessarily outrageous if you are furnishing a 3-4 bedroom place, getting input from a designer, and also she is doing the work of actually staging and getting it ready for pictures/guests.   

At what stage do you get a quote from a contractor?

The rest of the budget was out towards bedrooms, the loft, stone feature walls, log railings, we spend $3k furnishing the property for staging and got $5k for it on top of our sale price.

I am on the hunt for financing and I’m the early stages of talking to lenders.

Spend the money on professional photography and watch a couple youtube videos on staging.