that research process will give you aton of knowledge that in my opinion makes putting a much larger chunk of money to work more palatable 

How far along are you in the process?

(Just kidding about the bucket, I'd make them buy their own bucket). ;-)However, if it's cosmetic,I'd just wait until they vacate.  

It never hurts to be conservative on the first investment though, so congrats again on making the leap and the killer returns!

The reason I am offering this is to make a sale easier and close of escrow faster for a potential purchaser.

The terms of the financing (interest rate, balloon payment timing) need to make sense for your exit strategy.I would recommend getting a detailed inspection to ensure there aren't any major issues you're overlooking.

How much time is needed to process the accounting on this? 

Simon, Here in FL its much easier for us because we know a few things:1) The U.S. is severely under supplied in housing units. 2) Tons of people are moving to Florida everyday which makes point #1 even more drastic for us. 3) Interest rates are preventing people from selling their homes, because then they would need to re-trade for a higher interest rate buying a new home, which is creating even more housing demand.So with this knowledge, now we move to more market specific data, which is what I talk about in the original post.If a market shows decent growth and demand, then it all boils down to the numbers.Its important not to forget about any costs though.

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Sadly, wholesalers have been bringing deals where one cannot make say $100K a flip but rather a number much smaller requiring me to do flips in volume.