I would like to weed out the good from the bad and have a couple teed up once I purchased. 2) Once a home is purchased and the remodel has begun how do you all know what colors to paint the walls, appliances to purchase, fixtures to purchase and general landscaping ideas.

Will the fact that I am replacing the fuse box trigger the need to upgrade all the wiring to code (I.e. add arc fault breakers, dedicated 20amp circuits to the kitchen, etc.)Frank's advice to contact the local building dept is the best advice.While you're in the process of doing so, I will just add typically I've not witnessed a service upgrade triggering anything beyond an upgraded grounding of the panel and arc fault breakers, typically the circuit upgrades to the appliance circuits (wall outlets at the counters in the kitchen) or circuit upgrades to the bathroom outlets is only triggered when permitted work is done in those specific areas.

So, we have put in stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes, new cabinets and bathrooms, along with new Allure floors.

They also asked to bring their stainless appliances when they moved in.

Below are a few expamples of how that money is used:Investment property APurchase price 50KDown Payment 10KRehab 7KReserves 3KInvestment property BPurchase price 70KDown Payment 14KMale ready, light rehab 3KReserves, 3KInvestment Property CPurcase Price 80KDown Payment 16KMake ready 2KReserves 3KInvesment property DThis expample I move into new property and convert current home to rentalPurchase Price 120KDown Payment 4KNew houseware funiture and appliances 12KReserves 4KThese are the type of deals I focus on in blue collar neighborhoods in my area.

We managed a 300+ unit complex that had a handful of units they would strip appliances, toilets for other make ready units that also had bathrooms covered in mold.

Here is an excerpt from @Clint Coons regarding the due-on-sale clausehttp://www.alglaw.com/service/view/land_trustsWith respect to a real property loan secured by a lien on residential real property containing less than five dwelling units, including a lien on the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a cooperative housing corporation, or on a residential manufactured home, a lender may NOT exercise its option pursuant to a due-on-sale clause upon:(1) the creation of a lien or other encumbrance subordinate to the lender's security instrument which does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property;(2) the creation of a purchase money security interest for household appliances;(3) a transfer by devise, descent, or operation of law on the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety;(4) the granting of a leasehold interest of three years or less not containing an option to purchase;(5) a transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower;(6) a transfer where the spouse or children of the borrower become an owner of the property;(7) a transfer resulting from a decree of a dissolution of marriage, legal separation agreement, or from an incidental property settlement agreement, by which the spouse of the borrower becomes an owner of the property;(8) a transfer into an inter-vivos trust in which the borrower is and remains a beneficiary and which does not relate to a transfer of rights of occupancy in the property; or(9) any other transfer or disposition described in regulations prescribed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.So, like K.

Appliances, window fixtures, shower curtains, furnature....?

My leases put the responsibility on the tenant for all appliances.

Hello, I am purchasing a 4 unit Investment property in NJ that needs tons of work, new floors, appliances, fixtures, ROOF, tiles etc.