THIS home in question will need 30k in upkeep - flooring and paint.

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We are up to 30 units now, so even a $20 gift card plus travel and time OR shipping is $650 plus.Cards alone with stamps is not anywhere near as expensive, maybe $50 - but the time investment should be considered.We have been pondering the benefits of such actions, other than making us feel good.In line with the thinking of some others who have already posted - we spent almost $100k this year in upgrades to our properties: roofs, steps, porches, total rehabs, outside painting, new entry doors, new heating systems (9 units), new trash cans.

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(Hat tip to Dave at SSBlogger for mentioning this site, it was an old post, but I had just read it yesterday) I've been in Real Estate for over 10 years, in the Title Insurance industry.

Now if you clean up your house, paint the inside and outside, put a new roof on it, and put new carpet in, I think we can get more like $90K sometime over the next 6 months or so.

So I've read all of these books all written in very different economic conditions. From finding private money to finding properties to sealing deals to wholesaling them to investors, can some of you with experience t...

Full kitchen redo, three baths, plus paint and carpet throughout would push up toward $100K if you contracted it.