Your tenant wants to stay, so i'm betting you'll have their cooperation.As Joel Owens pointed out, some of those repair amounts are about what a "do nothing" service call costs, when a licensed professional is called to do such work.

I will bet that is true in California as well but I am no expert on California law.The exception to this is " if the seller instructs the broker otherwise".

., even the best rehabbers can't get from acquisition to resale in 45 days, it was a pretty safe bet, but he lost, oh well, he'll have to try 40 days next time.

Best bet is to have your staging person or cabinet person help with color/supply.

That's your best bet if you want money quickly.

Your best bet in most cases is to befriend a Realtor and get comps of what's currently available and what has rented over the past 12 months.

If not a 15 year mortgage might be a better bet because you have to factor in selling costs.

I imagine for a decent sized house that's pretty expensive...but I bet buyers love it.

I'd bet you'd let anyone say nasty things for you if they offered to pay you $5000 to do so.Not much different is it when you realize that you are getting paid to hear those things, when you close the deal.

You will run into this with commercial lenders to wanting to work on the larger deals which is why I think the local bank is your best bet.