I grew up with Heinlein's quote, "always ask the experts, they will tell you what cannot be done and why- then go do it"  Anyway, we are doing a rehab and I hired a guy on the spot who I met serendipitously- I was going to do a painting job that night, stopped off at the lawyers, and there was a painter there.Anyway, wound up hiring him to redo the bathroom.  

--------Overall, we generated quite decent walk-in equity ($36K, 18%), and cash flow rate of 0.95%..We rehabbed mostly the interiors, we left exterior paint and windows, to make the numbers work.Here are the numbers:Purchase: $130KHard Money Cost: $8KConstruction Cost: $24KClosing Costs: $4KTotal Acquisition Cost: $166KARV: $202KRent: $1570 (0.95%)Walk in Equity: 36KBefore:After

I am hoping on our next deal they will come down on interest a bit.Ok, so here's what the house looked like before we bought it:So far, we have painted the exterior, all new vinyl windows, new exterior doors, new garage door and opener, installing French drains and a sump pump due to there being a bad ground water issue in the crawl space last spring, new roof, opened up the kitchen, put in a french door, replaced all the wood flooring, tiled in bathrooms, framed in laundry and mechanical, shelves in the pantry, all new interior paint, heated flooring in master bath, can lighting.

Then we'll rent the property up and enjoy our monthly cashflow for the years to come :) This deal is unique because it's lipstick flip (interior & exterior paint make up 80+% of our renovation budget).

Instead they just wanted us to power wash walkways, and paint hallways instead!

Have a tight budget for a condo in a 55+, needs a cosmetic re-do (Floors, paint, kitchen, bathroom vanity, fixtures).Referrals Appreciated.

But rental ready would be just paint and a broken window.

Here's a non-exhaustive list of some of the projects that we had to do to it.replace water main from the street to the housereplace all water lines in the housetear out all carpetPaint the interior (will be painting the exterior or residing in the spring)put in new laminate/vinyl floors throughout the houserepair dishwasher and oveninstall gutters on back of house and fix some water damaged areas of the wallreplace some of the rotted subfloor in the bathroom/laundry roomrepair the furnacereplace back doorchange door knobs and locksvarious other small repairs… patch holes, outlet covers, etc…Purchase price = $12,500Closing Costs = $1050Rehab (still an estimate, but it's close) = $13,500Total Cost = about $27,050Rent = $750/moHere are some before pics 

I found a property on there around 30% below market that only needed a little paint and cleanup.

My dad was always interested in real estate, and I wallpapered, tiled, painted, did yard work, etc, all before leaving junior high school.