consider high-albedo (white/light color) paint).

A friend of mine lives at home with her family and rather than paying rent, her father (a house painter by profession) paints for several of the landlord's units once or twice a week to make up for the rent.

New paint, appliance replacements and a lot of stuff is just repairs and not improvements.

Impressive.I totally approve of painting boring builder grade oak cabinets all white.

We closed on 4/7.It took my guys just over 3 weeks, to add an unofficial 3rd bedroom, paint the place head to toe, redo half the flooring (home depot allure flooring at $.99 i'm a huge fan), take care of a bunch of exterior maintenance issues, put in new appliances, do some minor kitchen work, replace the hot water heater, couple of other small things.

We decided to go with them even though it was exactly what we wanted.We did add lights on the inside of those cabinets as well.I do like the idea of painting the inside a different accent color.

If you are on the high-side of the market, make sure there is a reason for it... if you have a completely upgraded, painted, repaired house, then being the highest price/SF might make sense.Also keep in mind your goals... if it is to turn around the property quickly, you may be better off going on the low end, or below market, just to move the property quickly.

You will start to paint a picture of as-is value for the area.

These would when burned with paint on them can cause toxic gases that are very dangerous.

We are planning to lay down new tile throughout, paint everything, stain kitchen cabinets, and just some small improvements that are needed.