Do you just need to put lipstick on a pig-ie just painting and sprucing it up? 

 * New ceramic tile throughout downstairs, front and back landscaping, interior paint, granite countertops, new HVAC, new blinds, built in entertainment center.

With a home built prior to 1978 I would assume that there is lead based paint.

This weekend, they came to my place to check on closing an electrical permit (which btw was never closed on a $23,000 project because I had dried PAINT on a couple plate covers) and somehow made their way into my bathroom sink.

At first it will be like watching paint dry – slow and boring, but for every free and clear property it will be like having two or three with mortgages.I grew very fast years ago and I can still remember saying I’d rather have 10 free and clear properties than all of the ones that I owed money on.

Basic renovation, paint, replacing floors in living area and bathrooms, painting cabinets, decks, garage.  

Things such as neutral paint throughout, light fixtures, laminate countertops, no carpets, paint cabinets and change hardware, stainless appliances(if you supply them) and landscaping.  

I've been scouring Trulia but not sure of the areas that are decent but not overpriced.He's able to do some of the work like painting and general maintenance but not looking for something that needs extensive work.Thanks in advance for any leads!

It is a 3 bedroom brick house and I am paying about 30k, it could sell from at least 70k move in ready, and its in pretty good shape - needs flooring (5k), paint (2k), new kitchen (5k), new bathrooms (4k), new windows (8k) - rough numbers togive an idea of the scope of the project.Now there's the concrete...

My personal skills/time can handle a paint/carpet/landscape fixer, nothing more.