General maintenance and improvement for my new house: what are the essential tools?

Pry bar(s)
Volt Meter
Trim saw
Circular Saw
Sawzall
Tile cutter
trowels
paint sprayer
Utility knife
Caulk gun
Truck or trailer to haul materials
Volt Meter
Electrical/wire cutting tool

And the list will grow as you encounter issues. you sure you want to do this?

OK, let me see if I understand this.

You are looking to flip houses and you're on here asking what type of tools you'd need to get to do a lot of the grunt work but you only have a $2K budget.

I'm thinking if you don't know what tools you'd need to do the work, you also don't have the knowledge to do it right and you're going to be upside down in no time and lose your arse in the long run.

It's not as easy as those 1 hour shows on HGTV.

Miter saw

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What are the tools I should get?

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Might start with this one, especially since you seem to have no clue about this.

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hammer, a cordless drill, measuring tape, and a few wrenches.

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That's pretty embarrassing for even trying to maintain your own house.

This will tell you everything you need.

I'd add finishing nail gun (other nail guns you can just rent)
basic screw drivers (some jobs you'll need to tighten by hand and not a drill)

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Alright fricksticks. I’m not flipping HOUSES.

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UMMMM, it says so right in the thread title. So, who's a frickstick now???????

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Improve your thread title and OP.

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Done.

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Done.

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I've been in 3 houses I've bought over the years and each and every one of them was what could be called a "fixer-upper".

I was 24 when I got my first house and had few tools, but was in the trade of home repair and remodeling working for a cousin who was a contractor. He supplied all the big tools.

For things like sheetrock repair:

Utility knife
4 ft. T-Square for scoring sheets and cutting cleanly
4", 6" & 10-12" tape and float trowels
Mud pan or drywall hock
Texture hopper and gun

For trim carpentry:

Miter Saw
Coping saw and blades
Compressor with finish and brad nailer

General tools:

Circular saw
Tape measure
Pry bars, large and small
Maul
Screwdrivers
Drill and bits for metal/wood and for driving screws
6 ft. and 8 ft. step ladders
24 " Extension ladder

Painting:

GOOD BRUSHES---can't emphasize this enough
Roller frames
Good rollers
5 gallon bucket
Screen for bucket to run roller over to remove some paint
Caulk gun
Good drop cloths

Don't go out and buy tools OP. That doesn't make sense.

Read up on how to contract out a project, and do one project at a time. What I mean by that, is that there are steps you take to build a house and you have to do some steps first. For example, you finish drywall before you paint. That's obvious.

But buy tools as you go. Some tools like a drill you don't want to go cheap, most saws are this way also. A good chop saw is well worth the money for trim work and other projects over something cheap.