In order to have a new appraisal done on your property, you must have made improvement on the property since your loan was originated.

One metric though I think would be helpful for people to look at is percentage of sales that are all cash transactions, and percentage of sales that are conventional loans versus low down payment loans.

I wouldn't finish it to the buyers liking because they might make you do improvements which are out of your budget.  

We've managed to do well despite these inefficiencies but I hope to improve these processes going forward.Thanks for any and all information!

Long story short, after trying to sell it for 5-years, and spending more than $150K trying to maintain and improve it for sale, we lost the house to foreclosure because i spent all my money trying to maintain it.

So what's the problem?Often times when I'm trying to find one of my old posts, the only way I can find it is to scroll through the pages and pages of them listed under "All Posts" for me.  That's hard to do though if ...

I did some things right with that first rental (scheduling an open house instead of individual appointments, for example, and screening applicants) but there's definitely room for improvement.

Different ways I can improve the value without spending a ton of money?

As a project manager, I worked on site (painting, installing hardware, fetching materials) in addition to selecting and paying licensed tradesmen to improve the property with the direct knowledge and consent of the deed owners.

If I know I'm going to have capital gains , would it be best to spend the money that's going towards tax on the gain or spend the money on capital improvements to bring up the cost basis?