The old contractor kept adding change orders and ran it up so we found a new one and everytime we started from scratch, the last payment to the old contractor didn't count and we had to start fresh.

I listed it too so I can take all the investment money I have to my name and make a fresh start in a new geography.Did I say I'm graduating soon?

In hindsight I wish I would have put things into more of a pro and con list as it would be easier for readers, but understand it was just kind of brain dump as I was just doing my tax records so it was fresh on my mind.

Throw in the fact that you have hundreds of natural lakes and surrounded by salt free sand beaches to the largest source of fresh water in the world and it's not a hard to see that Grand Rapids passes the eye test.  

For example it says you must apply a fresh coat of paint to the entire property.

So I suggest you get an agent that's very serious but fresh enough that can be customized to your game plan. 

Though home needed work and I was fresh off of a rehab project that change my investment strategy forever so I held it.

Hopefully it won’t come to that buy I appreciate the fresh eyes as what others see.  

Secondly, because we're almost at the end of the year, is this something you recommend people look at starting soon so they can start fresh for the new year?

Get in, fix it up, sell it when it still looks nice and fresh before it eats you alive!