Some help/opinions are appreciated! I bought a duplex with my mom and she will occupy one side and we'll rent out the other. We've begun to remodel one unit and we've taken off some drywall and pulled all fixtures from the bathroom, gutted kitchen and bringing in all new cabinets and appliances. Electric panel and a few wires are getting updated (a couple aluminum wires). The house has one galvanized line as part of the plumbing and it's a no brainer to replace that of course! The rest of the house is copper. I'm attempted to abandon everything and pull it out and start with fresh? I would replace everything myself starting with the line from the meter and I'll be able to get all fittings and Uponor Pex product at cost, and have access to a cordless tool for "easy" fitting install (I'm sure I'm missing all sorts of industry standard language so apologies). I have an inspector that is a friend of a friend that will consult me on code and will ensure it will pass inspection throughout the process. Long term I plan to hold the house for 30+ years, although I do plan to scale over time (This is my first rental) and so perhaps this will get 1031'd at some point. It's a 1976 build... I know Copper is excellent if not preferred by some, but just curious to get thoughts on whether it's worth while for me to do this or not?! My thought is peace of mind for the potential long term play. Part of my goals in scaling a bit is to leverage my mom to house hack these rentals as she doesn't own herself (other than we're both on the loan for this place) and ultimately retire her from her day job and supplement her income. Anyway your help/comments are appreciated (if not obvious if it were just me I'd do it for peace of mind but I'm getting "save money" push back but I don't think it's that much money if not considering my time... which I likely should consider but this being my first deal I'm cautious on the money out and feel like my time is better and I have fall back money if something goes wrong).

Ben Galbraith

Seattle, Washington

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