The extra seceret ingredient on this project was a couple of coats of rustoleum 2x matt clear right out of the aerosol can!

Maybe even painting the floors and then applying a few coats of poly over it. 

One coat of white paint would take care of this in 1 hour. .

Here's the link to that roofer's web page on the liquid coating stuff: http://www.gambleroofingservices.com/new_liquid_roof_membrane_systems

So Thank you BP for your sharing your incredibly in depth experiences sans sugar-coating :D Is there anybody looking for a real estate apprentice on the big island?

KILZ is more expensive than regular primer, but once you've had smoke tar bleed through a wall with one coat of regular primer and two finish coats, you'll pay the extra price for the KILZ.

I could probably scrape off the loose paint and put on a coat of paint to pass FHA inspection, but they will look like **** - What is the condition of your house relative to competitors?

The wood is very thick, probably 50% thicker than stock cabinets.  

Over the course of 100 years these have probably bio-degraded to useless pulp.If any of the bathrooms still have their original subway tile they're going to be thicker than modern subway tile.

Another good reason to do outside first/early is that you can take pictures and get preview listing going sooner.One little trick I've found to work well near the end...1) Sand and first two coats of polly on hardwood2) Paint walls/ceiling 3) Last sanding and polly on hardwood 2, 1, 3 - The painters are happy because they can slop paint all over the floor, BUT I'm unhappy because then ALL the surfaces have to be wiped down from the dust - and it's never perfect. 1, 3, 2 - No dust to clean but Painters have to be perfectly careful and not drip OR scrape with their ladders.