Sometimes small things break and a general contractor is not really needed for small toilet leaks, minor touch up, and etc.

I've responded by replacing the carpets, fence and some other touch ups.

there is a foreclosure asking for 89k with 2100 sqft with some some cosmetic touch ups needed to be doneOn the same street there is a house asking for 174k with 2065 sqftAnd there is one more that just sold for 75k and is estimated to go for 165 when all said and done with 1756 sqftWould it be wise to look into the forclosure?

A typical vacancy period costs an investor several thousand dollars in lost rental income, mortgage payments, touch up painting, yard maintenance, utilities, etc.Your goal should be setting a rental rate that is in line with market rents but encourages the tenant to stay for multiple years in order to minimize vacancies.Our philosophy is to set the rents ever so slightly below market rents.

I am cleaning the house, making minor repairs, touch-up paint, cutting grass, trimming bushes etc. 

Right now, I have a 3000 square foot house that is 100 years old and needs sprinklers installed, some shrubs planted, cleaning throughout, touch up paint only where it needs doing, snaking out drain lines, fixing some broken windows, etc. etc.

This might be an opportunity for you to look at going with something that lasts longer.As to the paint, I always plan on spending some time/money on touch-up.

The little details like cleaning up after the subs, hauling away *all* the trash, caulking & touch-ups, etc add a surprising amount of time & money to a rehab.

I need to do some touchup paint on a bathroom, but do not have the paint that the bathroom was painted with.

Last time it took him about a day to clean, touch-up paint, and clear up the move-out checklist discrepancies.