If you can increase income / reduce expenses enough to meet your target appraisal number, you may be able to get the loan size you're looking for.

The rent needs to be raised this year 2018, taxes increased and so did maintenance costs.

When I run my numbers on the actual income and expenses on an SFH, I make sure I account for the increased taxes that are going to occur after purchase, you can call the tax assessor for that property to check or go to the county's website.

Since we just finished a 2-bedroom apartment rehab in central Connecticut I figured I would post some pictures of the finished product as well as some details on the products we used for paint and flooring.This apartment is located in a lower B class neighborhood that will attract solid qualified tenants and the apartment rehab and the materials used reflects that.

But it increased the value of my home by about $150-$200k and I didn’t pay a dime out of pocket for any of the construction.

If the property contains a residential structure, you can make repairs and redemption will include the amount you increased the value of the property with your repairs.

They will still have some cash flow, but my goal is to have properties in B class areas that will attract a tenant for three or more years.So what can you do?

In this case, the deposit was increased to $400k which would have been the down payment to the Seller anyway.

Either the amount of renovation won't increase the after renovation value or sellers are asking fair market price without any room to negotiate.

Haven't "had" to do it, but it anything that attracts a renter is a good thing.Installing the blinds helps to prevent the tenant from having to hammer in little nails and hanging sheets over the windows, which I guess is okay but looks totally ghetto.