@Brian Ploszay @Jess White great point of view. i think it always depends on the tenant. insurance companies charge about 2 bucks a month for certain type of appliances. it breaks they will fix it for you. so it will always depend. 

start at 40k  also keep in mind and I have been buying at auctions for 4 decades now.most folks just like you said have whole numbers for hard stops.. like you just said 50k.well I am bidding right now on one that I think everyone else is going to hard stop at 115kI put an offer in for 115, 297.00  I have won a lot of deals over the years with this simple technique. now some folks my flow you out of the water but if you get to a hard stop just increase it a few hundred you maybe surprised.I mean would you pass on the deal for 200 or 300 bucks.. ???

$500 bucks to move the fan from low to high speed. 

We have a guy who is cheap and effective, and it's worth a few bucks (not 700 of them) just to be sure the problem is solved.This is a problem with multi-family.

We're heavily invested in RE here in Southern California but it's so over-invested that it's hard to make a buck lately.

Further, you might be able to keep the job in the fall and have some extra bucks for the school year.

Each suburb, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, Glendale, Goodyear, Peoria, etc. has it's own flavor and your preferences will change after you've been there a while.The Phoenix market is mature and deals are few and far between. 

As a commercial superintendent for a general contractor, it's right up my alley to perform the work as I go to receive the biggest bang for my buck as well as adding another notch to my belt.

Mostly been pretty decent tenant but says the spring on garage door broke and now I have 250 bucks of damage.

The maturity level of folks on here is much higher than many sites on the INTERNET.