AN, I think you did a lot of the work yourself correct?
Most things I saw were needing, roof, HVAC, kitchen and all bathrooms were a questionable if delayable. flooring was usually needed. Paint is an assumed, landscape was typically required. Many homes also really needed a few walls knocked out to open it up.
I was looking at one stories in the 2000-2500sf range, so those dead shake roofs were budget bombs.
OC’s cycle was slightly behind SD’s and didn’t go as deep, at least in the neighborhoods I was looking.