knew more about the history of construction materials and replacement timelines, would have saved me $20k on my first rehab...had to replace ALL of the plumbing and electrical when I hadn't planned for it.

I personally have not worked with them in real estate, but I did work with one of them in a previous engineering position in VA.

Hello everyone,I'm two weeks away from closing on a rental property that will take me two weeks from closing to prepare for a renter (Replace a door, fix a leak, and paint some walls).

After a thorough cleaning, I replaced all carpets; painted several rooms with modern colors & touched up the others; upgraded a few fixtures; and, made several small but impactful cosmetic improvements.What was the outcome?

If the house was rented to them with a good lawn, then I would charge them for the grass replacement. 

Some others even replaced my old wooden fence with vinyl fence. 

Low quality will just need to be replaced after a tenant or 2.

@Daylen Fiallo  I think this depends on your strategy.If your strategy is to buy and hold - I would HIGHLY recommend going with a RCV (Replacement Cost Value) policy which is offered by many carriers.

Depending on the market, I don't plan to keep them longer than 6 years because it will probably be getting time to replace things, and especially if it is not renting for 1%.

We budgeted for worst case scenario - as is wise to do with a foreclosure that has been unloved and unoccupied - and planned on replacing ALL of the plumbing.  2.5 years later, we've replaced just about all of it.