It is amazing how often it is necessary to fix or replace these appliances.I removed a hot tub that one rental had.

Since 2006, I replaced all three bathrooms in the house, refinished the hardwoods, rugs, hot water heater, air conditioner, added pavers in the rear patio, replaced all windows and the list goes on and on as I’m sure everyone can imagine.

No island life for me, it's too darn hot.

@Phillip Dwyer , thanks for the tip on checking the local laws; I didn't know that was a potential requirement.I'm not yet ready to start investing in Detroit, but I do want to be poised to go there soon; I think it's going to be a hot spot once the community there has figured out which neighborhoods are going to be viable.

In markets like ours, you could have 4 subdivisions with 200K homes, new construction that could be selling like hot cakes that will skew that perception, you rehabbed 1982 ranch may or may not compete, and usually won't even if you sunk 100K in it.The objective measures to valuation, market activity, inventor supplies and housing needs have been around about a hundred years, technology hasn't and won't change the approach but can make things easier.

Should be a quick 2-4 week rehab even though we are REMOVING / Opening Up the walls between the kitchen / Dining / and Living Room.The house is in Sandy Springs, GA a REALLY hot suburb of Atlanta.  

Gabe, one factor only touched on in this discussion is how hot your market is.

I’m looking for a pump (for forced hot water heating system) that would not let return water flow whenever thermostat is set to “low”.

Also not really looking forward to another 115 degree heat advisory summer in a stiffiling shop working with hot metal.

I'm working to finance a couple of Buyers in Quincy and it seemed like a hot market there.