I usually recommend clients a pretty easy cosmetic rehab which is refinish floors, replace cabinets with modern white ones, add a white stone, new appliances, new bathroom vanity/mirror/light fixture and add in unit laundry. 

Investment Info:

Townhouse wholesale investment.

Purchase price: $160,000

Cash invested: $250

Seller is willing to owner finance but I'd like to wholesale my contract for $12,000. Buyer would have to...

LLC or LP for liability protection and easier tax reporting.Some prefer to buy in their personal name for simplicity, but it depends on the home country’s tax treaty with the U.S.A cross-border CPA or tax advisor is essential here—they’ll help avoid double taxation and handle things like FIRPTA. 2.

Countertops- nicer new laminate/formica such as the natural stone look Shower- panels are common. 

It was a fun stepping stone. 

Winston Churchill had a great quote:  "you never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every barking dog along the way."  

You can use this property to hedge any others that you add that may only cover themselves, or require supplement until they are paid off.HOWEVER, if you have decided that your goal is to use Real Estate as a stepping stone to build wealth by upgrading the property you hold each time (condo to house, house to 4-plex, 4-plex to 8 unit, etc) then I think you are right to sell now while you think the property is at the top of it's appreciation.It will be hard for anyone on BP to tell you what to do as we don't know your goal.You are right. 

Anywho we’re looking to stay in western Pa with preferably a stone/brick.

As for where Marco claims to be investing, look this up as I found that he is bordering on an illegal form of reinvesting money so you may be able to sling that stone to kill this “giant”.

Some investors use it as a stepping stone.