.$2,450 replace or repair missing and damaged drywall, patch, sand, and paint flat white with glossy baseboards, trim and doors.$550 for a new microwave and frig.Just a tad under my 8k estimate to rehab.

Well from the pics i wouldnt call it a whole gut job  or at least my definition of a gut job most of it has sheetrock already  patch it up scrape off old texture and re texture whole house.

I WILL NOT DO A PATCH JOB, OH NO THAT'S NOT ME MISTER"ME: "Excuse me sir, I used the word economical, not cheap.

Just pay your GC to fit in a new one and patch the drywall when complete.As you mentioned, this is a tiny detail...it's good to keep an eye on costs, but not good to nit pick every last dollar spent.

We don't have stucco in my area, but basement cracks are common as well as cracks in bricks that make a zig zag pattern to the ground.I'm not sure how hard stucco is to patch, but for the right price, this wouldn't scare me too bad.

Our oil patch tenants are drying up. 

Will be a patch for a while.

Instead of a defined spot you’ll have a discolored patch that’s now soaked in.Every few years I rent a gas powered power washer from Home Depot to clean my driveway, sidewalk, and back yard stairs.

I am not a mason but I do numerous types of home repairs for real estate closings and have used products like this for patching previous work and also for coating dry stacked piers.

I wonder if patches/upgrades were being installed just as I was trying to log in?