Just know your market to see what is popular and also balance it out if you are wanting to rent it out to what is desirable in the rentals in your area.Also, you should really consider doing the work yourself since it will cost less and you won't have the same margins if you have a deeply discounted property (high margins) vs a home that passed a VA loan inspection (lower margins since you are mostly at market value and forcing appreciation) and as a veteran, you can get 10% off all purchases at Home Depot and Lowes.  

Shouldn't be too hard to find someone on Craigslist or taskrabbit to do it.Or find some gardeners that work in the area.

You need to look beyond at Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Apopka, Lake Mary, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Clermont, Minneola, Davenport, Kissimmee, Windermere, and more.

I live in garden city currently so I was planning to start close to home like Westland, Livonia, Dearborn/Dearborn Heights.

For anyone who wants a lesson what rent control does... drive by the Oakland (CA) Home Depot.

You can get standard shower glass at home depot or Menards, alternatively, you can hire professional installers as well.I'm not a design guy at all, I am actually embarrassed with some of my selections on a current flip (never again am I choosing). 

* Better Homes and Gardens Home Improvement Encyclopedia - http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jhtml?

So, I think the reason he recommended $100-150K is not only for down pymt in purchasing, but also for making purchases in rehabbing, like kitchen appliances at Home Depot or Lowe's, for example.

I'm also going to give my finished quote to the Home Depots bid desk to get a few more dollars knocked off, but this is what I have so far........

Collecting rainwater for use in your house or garden is illegal here in CO, and I suspect it is in AZ, too.