Hello folks in the BP Davis community.I have a SFR that was our prior residence in Davis CA that has been rented out for 8 yrs and now we plan on selling after lease runs out this June.We need a good design build firm or contractor we can work with to run the project as we live out of state (Vancouver WA) and spruce it up with light rehab as much of the house is untouched since built in 2003.We are definitely NOT doing crazy expensive upgrades but will do a moderate upgrade so that we can max the value add/ROI that's worthy of the  good neighborhood this house sits in (Wildhorse). esp as we transition from current renters to selling to end user (eg likely family).Does anyone have good trusted contractor or design build firm they can vouch for that does well executed remodels on time, on budget?

I’d just rather be able to invest the money and do something with it rather than it sitting in a checking account earning 0% or a savings account earning 0.2%

I've just been watching a LOT of houses sit on the market for 6+ months because sellers dont want to be upside down when they sell.

I don't understand why it isn't fixed up to rent or flip, instead just sitting there?

If he was sitting on a nice chunk of equity , and did not give a crap about the house... there would be be a realtor sign in the front yard.   

I can sit here and negotiate with you until the titanic floats, we may even agree, but if you didn't sign in writing, you are no different than Sailor Timmy who called on the phone and said "how much" and then hung up.You can't sue someone for taking further action than you were willing to go, or because the world didn't wait for you to catch up. 

At the far secluded end to a Pennsylvania country lane, sits two houses, one house I've rented for 10 years, and the second house where my landlord's son and his family live and have so for about the past 18 months. 

I am a Investment real estate agent here in Philly and I have had to sit down with a few clients to narrow down specific criteria, what kind of returns they were looking for, monthly goals, and annual goals.

I'd advise sitting down and really ironing out what are your bottom dollar needs to simply live as frugal as necessary, should you have to rely on the cash flow at some point. 

For a $900/mo rental, every day it sits vacant is $30 of lost rental income, and there's a certain percentage of the tenant pool that simply will not live somewhere that does not have laundry facilities available.