You estimate $12,000 in cosmetic updates in order to raise rent on top of additional upgrades and maintenance needed.

My friends dad bought a local school in Maryland and rented it out to a school for the blind, I think the school for the blind paid for the renovation costs to upgrade the building too.

addressing deferred maintenance, rebranding, increasing security, upgrading curb appeal and interiors What was the outcome?

I mean that’s where most of the upgrades.

Complete renovations inside with some decorative upgrades should attract good quality tenants for the long term.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I was able to upgrade my rentals to class A style with marble and granite vanity tops with fancy sinks, faucets, light fixtures and solid wood vanities.

I gather that you are in this for the long haul, so if your financials can handle it: upgrade one of the units and use it to experiment.

Nothing you can do in a week will make much of a difference, maybe and I stress MAYBE, you could put in upgraded vanities in your bathrooms in that period of time but other than that anything that will make a difference likely requires a GC and more than a week.

Tenants just moved out after 6 years and looking to do some upgrades.

Furnishing, builtins, landscaping, various upgrades to the home Lessons learned?