Spare doors, water heater, lots of extra faucets, supply lines shark bite valves for bathroom or kitchen sinks, saw blades, paint brushes, rollers, even paint. 

I have items that cost me from $.25 to $1,000 and I have a few questions regarding how exactly to break everything down for tax time.Firstly, should I be separating every box of nails/paint brush/wood and itemizing it? 

We bring a 3rd worker who never touches a paint brush or roller and he does all the repairs like replacing faucets, replacing broken sinks, instlaling new window blinds, re-installing electrical switch plates and the list goes on and on.

Here you go we do this now in our 25 year old mobile homes which sell for $200,000 to $250,000or rent for $1500 a $2,000/month Cost less than $300Takes a few hours, some paint, rollers and paint brushes Search YouTube Meet Kevin kitchen make over 

Take a paintbrush with you and fix up a room at a time. 

I applied an oil base primer thinned with paint thinner and painted with a oil paint brush a thin coat.

It was a complete job with scraping popcorn ceiling in one bedroom, painting every wall and ceiling, painting some built-in cabinets in a couple places, and then painting all the trim and baseboard a separate color.I am not a pro, but I have some paintbrush experience and could easily paint your kitchen in under 12 hours. $30 an hour would be $360 in labor.

The former owner, a bank clerk, had spent THREE YEARS painstakingly covering over every single problem with a trowel and paintbrush before he sold it.

But he also threw away my materials/extra paint/paint brushes/etc.

We figured everything in from paint brushes to mortgage payment,snow removal everything  we made $53,000.