So it is still fresh.

The mistake some landlords make is they forget that the property down the street probably has fresh paint, carpet and other updates. 

I am using this approach and just put a property under contract in UC using FHA, offering slightly more than asking, that has over 30% instant equity baked into the deal.

Get them both out, clean it up, and start fresh.

If you're just a couple of years ahead truly mass market, then your rental will look fresh for way longer.

Depreciation can't be applied to W2 income so does not allow a tax arbitrage, appreciation from inflation is neutral because everything else is more expensive too, and only the value-add items are allowed to be depreciated on a fresh schedule, plus there is depreciation recapture at the end. 

I hope this is a fresh idea.

Greg Jeanfreau On the loan estimate they provided it should say services you can shop for and those that are essentially baked.

Irritating is people posting responses to threads in which the last post was over a year old and the topic was a time sensitive subject.Bumping a thread to me means finding an older thread with great content and wanting to revive fresh insight - this is certainly NOT irritating!

We trained several bankers at several nationwide banks how to do that and connect our clients with them for the baking purposes.Hope this helps.