. : Thank you both for the tips!

Or is there a number different than those I mentioned that helps you paint a good picture of a market?

Exterior is finished, interior framed with plumbing and electric, needs insulation, drywall, paint, flooring, finish plumb...ThanksKevin

For another $4000, you could have the house painted.

Thanks Simon for the tip.

But thats typically pretty rare.They should be able to at least give you a range.For $1,500, you should have been able to run new copper to most of the house.One other tip.

Charles Perkins Steven Hamilton II I use a bedroom exclusively for storage for paint supplies, pieces of carpet, tools and boxes of misc items I use only for rental properties.

Jscott/Mark,I understand why an appraiser or underwriter might be concerned if I bought the property for $125k and turned around and tried to sell it for $170k without doing any work.With that said, just because I buy a house for less than it's worth doesn't mean it's worth what I bought it for...It's worth what someone else is willing to pay for it, which is $170k+ according to comparables...From what it sounds like though, it might be worth doing some light rehab to the house, in order to justify an increase in price, which might be just paint, fixtures and carpet...

The good thing about the books is that you might find one or two little tips in each book that make it totally worth reading.

Individual Units: Need power washing, junk removed from yard, grass cut, bushes & trees trimmed, skirting tight & neat, no junk vehicles on blocks, homes need painting, etc. 4.