If the buyer enjoys gardening as a hobby, then they will likely want to plant their own flowers anyway, so there is no need to get carried-away on landscaping.

My name is Jack Bailin, and I'm fresh out of college settling in to my first "big boy job" down in Shelton, CT.

Might not even be much of a cost difference in skim-coating the damaged drywall vs putting new stuff up, which is what my recent dilemma was on a current rehab that I ripped all the ugly, painted paneling out of.If either of those issues are at play here, I'd personally just take it all down and put up fresh new drywall, especially if you're using the BRRRR method.

Previous owner was in the middle of re-doing the kitchen, bedroom carpets are new, flooring is ok and a fresh coat of paint will spruce it up.

They won’t be expecting the same money as their neighbors with the shiny new kitchen and fresh paint.

Many flippers attend these auctions and if you can exchange information with them, you might find a long term investor who is interested in buying a freshly rehabbed house that rents well.There are so many avenues, it is hard to discuss all of them here.

In the bedrooms (which aren't nearly as bad) we are planning on washing everything with TSP and then sealing with BIN or Kilz before we paint, but I was hoping to get opinions from others with experience: any thoughts as to whether we should even try to clean and seal this room, or whether we should go ahead and rip out the drywall and start fresh?

I’d rather spend the money on fresh mulch for the the front curb appeal or having something extra cool like a bark-edged cutting board when staging.

There is a full garden and the whole friggin house is wrapped in plants...then the double lot is grown over with random shrubs and little trees.It's literally surrounded by a ragtag bunch of different plants haphazardly planted.If in the spring I were to cut most of them out, freeing up the .3 acres into a nice big yard and to tidy up around the outside, would I expect to see some equity added when appraised?

It's called the Garden State for a reason and all those farms in Salem County get boat loads of money from the state to stay operating.