Just closed Thursday on the next, and we should have to put in about 3 weeks of our own "sweat equity".We're a little atypical, as we love working on houses, and the two of us can do just about anything ourselves (I just installed 8 replacement windows today).

Needs some carpet, paint, 2 new doors, a new window, roof needs to be sealed, some siding needs to be fixed.

3/2 1288 sq. ftNew paint, carpeting, vinyl windows and sidingBuilt in 1987Tenant Occupied: $500/monthList Price: 39,875Offer: $21,999 (starting point)Comps:3/1 1000 sq. ft. 0.24 miles away sold for $105,000 (4/4/11)3/1 1592 sq. ft. 0.56 miles away sold for $75,566 (4/14/11)3/1 2045 sq. ft. 0.3 miles away sold for $72,000 (1/14/11)3/2 1084 sq. ft. 0.57 miles away sold for $41,000 (1/7/11) This house is about 10 minutes from the local college.

My only con is that I haven't really gotten any leads from my window vinyl...

A neighbor told me that the previous owner left a dog pinned in the house for about six months to keep anyone from breaking in and that they only fed the dog through a broken window and let it just drink from the toilet.

I am going to be extra cautious of the deferred maintenance due to the year built but here is some additional info from the seller recently;Year of roof updated: 2002Year of plumbing updated: 2004Year of electrical updated: 2005Year of a/c system updated: Window units - replaced as needed - 7 units have units less than 4 years old.

Oh, it also has all of the replacement windows already installed and the doors.

Wanted to better understand what type of work is generally cheaper using a contractor rather than DIY or using handyman/laborer and buying materials from Home Depot.In my experience I found that Vinyl Windows were cheaper.

Chrome 13.0.782.14 dev-m, Windows 7 x64, so that's probably where I'm going wrong anyway :P

Call the window manufacturer on that one.