Pretty much a full renovation: Refinished floors, all new paint, kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, gutted both bathrooms, new tile in bathrooms, tile shower, new vanitys, carpet, exterior paint, new garage, the whole nine yards.

The buyer is the one who gets to decide whether or not they want to pay for expensive over the top flooring and counter tops in the home as opposed to something nice,simple, and cheaper.

Let the counter top hang over the wall into the living room .

all good advice. really good. one "issue" i have is that i buy houses off MLS, so i dont get the deals that most of you get. yes, i still make money, but would be very little since remodeling costs are high. and mind you... i just do the basics (cabinets, counter top, paint, floor, interior doors). but yes, the only way wifey will let me go on is if i outsource the stuff that takes long to someone else.the hardest part of this business is finding someone that is reasonable and wants to work.rob, i might ask you for this guy's name when i get the next one. and i just use one color, so he will love me. :)

We have access to a lot of contractor surplus auctions so we do well.BUT I also have a 30x40 two story barn for storage.For granite counter tops I approach the fabricators for their remnants.For flooring we have a small local privately owned company that we developed a relationship with & he gives us great deals.In fact we sold one of our properties to a contractor he works with.I am with you on the plumbing supply stores.

It's been on the market since late March/Early may, and we fixed a number of items outside, had some landscaping done, and installed beautiful granite countertops after repairing a broken cabinet. 

I have the kitchen completed and the counter tops are on their way, back splash and trim probably won't be done though.

HahaI'm pretty sure I'm set on these cabinets and countertop.

You may not be able to get the same prices we do, but these are some of our baseline contractor prices to do the following complete renovations to these respective areas:Complete Kitchen Remodel: $3,500 (refinish existing cabinets, install ceramic tile flooring, new Formica countertops, new stainless sink with new brushed nickel faucet, new cabinet fixtures, new basic light fixtures, other basic repairs, and all labor included - does not include appliances).

Looks great ($1500)- tile bathrooms ($800)- resurface kitchen cabinets if need be (0-$1500)- put simply safe alarm system ($300)- sometimes I even spend an extra $2000 to put granite countertop...