Same neighborhood: fresh reno from a rehabber.

Sounds like you need to look for a fresh niche - what do the people need?

And Regus PLC is a shared-space company with leases on more traditional offices that has been in the business since the dotcom.There's a small field of startups fresh with cheap capital in similar manner, looking to shake up traditional office-leasing.

Loan: $163K, Appraised @ $235K a year ago, and I'll put about $7K into it before it sells (carpeted to laminate stairs, fresh paint, fresh grout in baths, new front door and rear sliding doors).Will pay 5% down on my new home and use the rest to begin real estate investing.I do corporate finance, and work for a huge company that probably made the phone you're using. 

I've been at many properties where the ads stated one thing and actual was something else.Listing: "4 actual bedrooms"Reality:  3 bedrooms + a very small extra room (it could be a bedroom if you were a cat)Listing: "Needs some TLC"Reality: Needs a complete gut jobListing: "Freshly painted"Reality: Where?

Being as fresh as I am here I have not met anyone personally yet.

at a bare minimum, new paint and carpet/plank everywhere and changing out all the cabinet hardware, electrical covers, fresh light fixtures, etc. will make things look fresh and clean.

Back when I was about 19 or 20, I was living the good life with a very well paying full time job, fresh out of a 2 year tech school and still living with mom and dad - no wife, no kids, no mortgage, no medical bills, none of the burdens or blessings of life I have today.  

I am in Elmwood Park, maybe we can grab a fresh juice or shrimp, one day.

The old contractor kept adding change orders and ran it up so we found a new one and everytime we started from scratch, the last payment to the old contractor didn't count and we had to start fresh.