Homes that aren't for sale are having their exteriors refreshed and additions installed (preparing to go on the market?).

Sorry if you are not a newbie at this but I am assuming you are:Since you do not have a contractor in mind today, it is IMPERATIVE that during your property walk that you take lots of pics/vids with voice comments of the 25 areas (if they all apply, ie, exterior, interior, from roof to base, ceiling to floor).

They were also required to sign a Pet Addendum to the lease which outlined the rules regarding the pet, which included: the dogs may not be tethered outside the property, the dogs may not be left in the unit for an unreasonable length of time, and all pet waste on the exterior of the property must be picked up and removed immediately or face a $25.00 per occurrence fine if the landlord (me) had to pick up poop.

An exterior leak, you replace exterior line.

or individual exterior doors?

He had to fix the foundation and replace part of the exterior stucco.

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The scope of the rehab: All New Interior Paint Some Exterior PaintNew Floors in the Master Bedroom New Stainless Steel Appliances Painted Kitchen Cabinets and Added New Hardware Tore Some Kitchen Cabinets Out and Added Floating Shelves New Light Fixtures All New Sod in the Backyard New Privacy Fence Interior Drain Tile and 3 Support Beams Added to a Basement Wall Epoxy Painted the Basement Concrete FloorNEW HVAC System Framed the Whole Basement Out and Hung Drywall - Mud, Taped, Sanded, And Painted All in all the live in rehab took 6.5 months The numbers:Bought: $125kRehab: $11k (1/3 of that was the new HVAC system) Appraisal: $168k I was happy with the refinance appraisal number I gotI am able to refinance out of the PMI, lower my interest rate, and lower my monthly payment I forced about 30k in equity I did not do a "cash out refinance" as I wanted to live my equity in the home and pull out a HELOC in a few months to allow for a purchase of another property or a "rehab fund." 

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For a property that didn't involve an addition, about 4 months of rehab.Of course, some of our own homes we lived in 7 years and redid the kitchen, bathroom, painted nearly every room, mechanicals, exterior paint, etc.