Shellyratna If you buy and sell, I'll give you a couple tips. Don't fix stuff yerlsouf. Find a contract that will do it right and pay him for the labor. It's not worth your time to do it yerlsouf and you can build a good relationship with a good contractor for the future. Second, something some forget to do it use the tax assessment as a determining factor. Tax appraisals are lower then standard appraisal usually. If they are selling cheap than the tax value, there's a good chance there is hidden value to pull out. If you go rental, do low-income section 8 rentals. They are gov't subsidized rentals. Look it up online. The tenants are more long-term due to the gov't helping.