Also definitely Florim USA for tile... or the closeout aisle at Floor and Décor. 

Sometimes, you find useful things, though, or rather useful hints to the house's history.The most useful thing I've found in my current reno project is scraps of newspaper in a ceiling that pinpointed when the thickbed tile floor in the bathroom above was installed, 1945, between VE and VJ day.

But the pattern still holds: this off-market deal was the result of an existing relationship.

I had it inspected and found that the roofers had swept all of their leftover debris to the center and tiled over it, this caused water to pool and the underlayment to eventually fail.

Here is the flooring we went with: Pergo San MarcoThe texture and coloring is forgiving and the durability for water allowed us to carry the flooring into the bathroom, which saved us on cost of tiling!

Currently, I have a few smaller projects on a couple of houses: carpeting/tiling floors, painting walls that contain LED paint, installing A/C and heating system, installing light fixtures, installing appliances, making sure electrical wiring is safe, installing recessed lighting, insulating/waterproofing medium size room in the basement.

If i am sure that I will go the Rent strategy, I would spend a bit more to put in more durable finishes such as tile flooring potentially higher grade countertops and casework, etc, compared to flipping.

All tile floors setup to be very low maintenance. old bIIldIng but most of the major work/ repairs have been done.Building is very near a redeveloping area, in 5-10 years should be a much nicer area of downtown, but they will still be low income apts.Its unique in the fact that it is surrounded by new buildings so it is its own ecosystem, if that makes sense.. problem is that ubless you dropped serious money into it its always going to just be what it is. low income. very small spaces, would have to empty entire building drop 100s of thousands on it and re rent with new image..

I am also debating if I should use the same Rigid Core LVP on the stairs match instead of carpeting it for ease of cleanup and not having to vacuum but keeping in mind that it is light wood grain pattern quite taupe in color ) would that show stains & dirt fast?

Has anyone had any experience w/ DYI Bathtub and tile refinishing?