Maybe have your own home improvement co.

The tour starts on the Eastside trail and takes you south, by air conditioned bus, along the trail, with a guide who talks for the next 3 hours about what the Beltline is, how it came to be, the history of the neighborhoods, the real estate development happening (why I went), and what the path of development is over the next decade.

The units were also being upgraded (albeit at a very slow pace).So, as you can imagine I was super excited to find a deal where we could not only improve management, but also increase rents and not have to spend a ton of money to on CAPEX and repositioning.

Zillow "...generates unbiased local and national real estate data and analysis on 929 metropolitan areas and approximately 10,400 individual neighborhoods that we provide to consumers and real estate, rental, mortgage and home improvement professionals..." (2) The Zillow database focus is data aggregation of 110 million properties with "information from tens of thousands of public and private sources."

If you don't mind airing your secrets, what lenders are you using here in Alaska for portfolio and hard money?

There are 4 Universities in town plus the Air Force and summer seems to be prime move in time.  

Like mentioned above keep your eyes peeled for something you can improve or see creating the extra value possible in SD.

More of anything the garage and trim repair, paint touch ups, central air system, dishwasher, kitchen vent, some closet doors, and little stuff here and there probably need to be up to date.I asked before I left if she would take anything lower that what has been offered and she said, "work the numbers in repairs and make an offer than."

Manager lives on-site.Ok, those are the things that are positive about the home and community.Now for the things I feel would need to be added/completed/renovated before ready for sale or rent:New gutters - ~$800Laminate flooring in kitchen and bathrooms to match entire house - estimated $500Stove/Oven - ~$600Fridge - $700W/D (optional) - $600Window in master bedroom - $200Ceiling fan in master bedroom - $200Kitchen sink - $200Redo all door trim/paint all doors/rehang, replace or adjust a few doors - ~$500 (just a guess)Add small door to water heater closet ~$100New master bathtub - ~$8003-4 panels of skirting need to be replaced - $ (no idea) but estimating $200Ramp/Stairs/Deck leading to front door needs to be replaced - $1000Landscaping in front - $200Cleaning entire home to make ready for sale - $200I'd like to get a foundation specialist to look under the home (free)Roofing specialist to talk to me about the metal roof (free)I need to ask her about the furnace (forced air) and its age and working condition.I need to factor in about three months of lot rent (at $375 per month) for the renovations to be completed - $1125And I'd like to have $1000 set aside for unexpected rehab expensesGRAND TOTAL = $8925This would mean that our negotiations to the seller would start at $11,075.First, are these figures anywhere close to realistic?

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