I like to take something that is broken, buy it, fix it, make it nice, and let others enjoy it for a modest price.Satisfaction in providing nice homes to people who need one because they incurred unusual life circumstances, but still want to be proud of the place they live in.

C" would be an area where the applicant pool has a lot of "red flags" There are more broken windows and curb appeal is lacking. 

A screen door that needs replacing left just sitting on the balcony, a broken light fixture, framed renter instructions that had gotten broken and repaired with duct tape.... just very dumb stuff that I do not want to tolerate when it comes to how guests see my unit.

@Marco Moreno I feel like a bit of a broken record so apologies if you've heard this before but @Heather Hopkins has ahelped a few BP members find properties already.

I just finished a house and if I had to pay both of these fees above would have cost me $30,500.As someone who doesn't hire these people, I have always figured a GC would fall into the 15-20% of the rehab costs ($5,000-15,000 on the flops I have completed) and a designer simply picking out colors and tile I would honestly be willing to pay up to $1,000-1,500 TOPs, however would also expect them to helps with all aspects of design, inside and out. your GC costs to his family at first seemed high, but I guess wouldn't be over the top when really broken down (assuming he is running the job full time, and the time was agreed to, not allowing him to drag it on and continue to make more and more money while you lose money).

Already have an issue in the basement kitchen pipe was froze and broken.

In case that the contract is broken, the person that broke the deal should refund the money.

And he's paying for the broken window?

Good examples include, a fridge with broken door shelves (sometimes just worth replacing fridge), harvest gold,  dated dishwashers!

(I have all of the costs broken out individually, but for the sake of brevity I made this more concise table to show the overall deal.)Final Thoughts & Things Learned Keep track of your numbers in real-time.