I asked if there were any current issues and she brought up that the light/fan in the living room doesn't work at all.

It is the homeowner's responsibility to ensure that a vacant property has things in place to prevent break in such as setting up a radio to play while vacant, leaving a light or two on, removing things from plain site.

Hey BP- Quick question, we want to spruce up the cabinets in our rental (they’re the traditional light oak cabinets).

I’ve been in real estate acquisition and development for a decade and I thought I would shed some light on what syndication is and give some balanced information on why you would or would not participate. 

Cheers to wrapping up the best and most growing year of my life, thanks to real estate - thank you for helping to shed some light on the path forward in 2018!

Well I learned not to be in a hurry the whole inside of the house today, primer and paint. lighting started getting bad about the time I started painting, I now know the primer was much thicker.

It's a short, light read, but filled with good advice.Change can be daunting to alot of people. 

They said do anything to get in even if it's the front desk assistant answering phones.

Exit lighting will most likely be required if not already provided. 

Purchase price 147KListed for 299K, sold for 285 (went under contract for 290 but dropped it another 5K at buyer request after the appraisal just to get out of the deal)Home Depot credit card: 10K (appliances, fixtures and other things we picked out and purchased ourselves rather than having GC use typical builder grade stuff, also husband did some of the work himself so bought his own materials)Brought 40K of our own cash to the closing table, loan total when paid back was 185 (original loan 175 plus 10K in accrued interest, 12 month balloon loan so we did not have to make payments during the rehab, which helped a lot with cash flow, also loan had rehab costs folded in so for the most part we paid our guys out of the loan and not our own pockets)So (numbers are round): 285 sale price - 185 (loan payback) - 40 (cash we brought to closing) - 10 (Home Depot card) - 10 (closing costs) = 40K profitWork done: insulation and vinyl siding (this ate 18K of rehab budget but was unavoidable as cedar shakes were disintegrating), converted to natural gas heat (ducts already in place, changed out electric hot air blower to gas one and gas company ran the gas from the street for free), replaced AC compressor, new water heater, two new bathrooms, replacement windows, new appliances but left the wood cabinets b/c they were in perfect condition and I could not justify painting/replacing them, new kitchen backsplash, removed wall between kitchen and dining room, wood laminate flooring throughout except for new carpet in downstairs den, painted the deck/railings, new garage doors, one new slider, all solid wood interior panel doors, of course fresh paint and new light fixtures throughout.dining roomThere was moisture damage downstairs from bank not winterizing and pipes bursting...thanks, bank.Hauled out enormous old woodstove and broke up ugly old hearth and left good flue for someone to add new pellet or woodstove to if they want to, we figured not everyone wants a woodstove and this way the buyer can decide to add one back if desiredBathroom off downstairs den, chose a walk in shower for variety, hosing off dog or muddy children, disabled access, etc.