I am scheduled to close in three weeks, and plan to promptly have new floors installed, a fresh interior paint job, and put it on the renters market.  

Winter rehab isn't so bad as you'll have a fresh unit ready for Spring.

I am fresh out of college, and new to corporate America.

I'm a block from Pete's fresh market and Walmart which is a huge plus too.

I will have to pretty much gut the house and apartment both and start "fresh".

I was fresh out of college working as a commercial real estate analyst.

the Realtors Associations or WinAIR have a Commercial contract , they spend lot of resources fine tuning the contracts, having a attorney draft a fresh one doesn't seem like the best option to me.

Tile is dated but he has it freshly painted and the carpet finally got to the point where he replaced it.Beyond that hire an inspector to check all the major systems.Note - Unless you find a smoking off market deal I would not expect to get a high cap rate in Phoenix right now.  

Hi everyone, We are new here; have been reading and learning but still feel pretty fresh.

There are pros and cons to either.I know things are a little different up here, but when lenders (TD is one with whom we deal) tell us we are responsible for the appraisal fee, we respond with "No problem, but if we pay for it, we get a copy"  - our experience has been the lender with agrees, or decided to eat the cost of the appraisal themselves.In Canada, we only see "origination" or "diligence/administration" fees in commercial lending (on residential mortgages, it's all baked into the cost of doing business), however I would contend that the cost of an appraisal is part of the cost of processing the loan and should be covered from their 1% origination fee.