The homes are bigger, wood floors, slab granite, etc. 

Cabinet repairs Total Repair Costs $67,263 $79,822 $12,559 Delta largely due to contractor cost Total Project Cost (Less selling costs & ipmt) $273,632 $299,812 $26,180 Total Investment $295,982 $323,362 $27,380 Cost overruns due to tax lien, contractor costs, granite & flooring, some additional misc material costs.Profit $53,018 $71,638 $18,620 Final profit TBD once home closes@Kalyanii Kennedy - Thank you! 

New carpet upstairs and in the basementNew laminate downstairs Brand new appliancesAll new kitchen, including granite countersAdded a pantryDemolished two downstairs bedrooms and made into one with an en-suiteMaster bath with tile floor and a HUGE tile showerNew electricalNew plumbingNew ductworkTile fireplaceChalkboard/magnetic wall in the basementNew landscapingNew facia boardingNew lights I lost track of how many new windows I would post pictures here, but it appears we can’t do that on mobile (Mindy Jensen can we get a patch/update for that?)

Very basic 2 story 3 bedroom 1 bathroom units (2 mini houses on 1 parcel of land) so the main things to update were paint, counters to granite, made the cabinets look better with wood work and paint.

For example, use laminate counters not granite, consider painting cabinets, perhaps leave a bathroom intact if it's serviceable.

At my local one there seems to be no shortage of solid oak vanities,  that look great painted black with a granite top.

I guess they have a new process where they can make it look like sheets of granite as well..

That would have been fine, but just doing that wouldn't have worked, according to 2 lenders I talked to, to justify increase in purchase price.I considered doing a very minor amount of work- just painting the house, putting new floor in kitchen or swapping out existing countertop for cheap granite- something like that.

I would often be disappointed in buyers perceptions of how well I built a house. all they cared about were the granite counters and stainless appliances etc.

I thought about checking out one of those deals advertise in billboards, etc about $1400-$1500 per slab of granite.