My family restored a 1912 4 square with 42 windows and I thought that was a ton!

The other areas like the east side and some parts of Fountain Square are already being restored.

There are a lot of multifamily syndicators right now taking fees and using short term debt to massage the numbers and have expected payouts start rolling in 2 years or more out.

@Aaron J Latal, I did not restore any of the historical features of the house. 

I would classify each of the below items as either a betterment, adaptation, or restoration, so it would fall under the 'improvements' side of the 'repairs vs improvements' argument. 

*Remove Living Room carpet and damaged kitchen flooring*Install laminate floors in living room and kitchen*Have kitchen cabinets refinished/restored (cheaper than new set)*marble backsplash and surround for fireplace*tile half-bath downstairs floor and replace vanity*remove half-bath downstairs weird rattan wall covering, paint*paint all walls*replace polybutelene with better pipes*tile upstairs baths, add new vanitiesThanks for any and all insights.

I'd get another quote for the work, but to repair or restore to original condition is the issue, I would go forward and charge for the entire restoration of the area of that room.

A number of things show up as a "positive" number in their portal, and without massaging the data, would appear to contribute to the "revenue" side of things.

At first she claimed she didn't know the room needed to be restored to the original color.  

That gives the buyer time to wait the credit markets to come back, restore his or her credit, and pay the seller off after doing a refi.