To protect the floor or more importantly the lower level ceiling in the case of a leak/overflow form the washer. 99% of them never do anything their entire life. i would have balked at a $500 estimate for that job.Ps.

I have a question about what’s working in your markets when it comes to floor plans and features.

Allow a pets and I think you will have a great spot.Would adding that extra space/ spending that money be reflected in an appropriate increase in the property value too?

Another question I had however is, when/if you ever decide to sell, do you believe they are harder to sell due to it basically having to sell to another investor looking for this and not someone looking for full time living space?

In my head i picture a some empty room with a printer on the floor and stacks of paper everywhere, having to drive to the post office and handing them a list where they hand type every address one by one. 

Quote from @Nevin Wilkie: Hey everyone, I am in the process of rehabbing a property I just bought, and I am now ready to get flooring.

I am a new investor as well and wanting to get into the flipping space.

They go over a lot of the fundamentals that I completely agree on as a high skill operator in this space.  

Are floors typically installed before or after the cabinets are put in?

I spent close to six months looking at various vendors in the space, and below are some of the ones we ended up choosing (including one of our favorites, Hospitable).Each of the hours underneath the categories refer to what I estimate the monthly time-savings are by deploying the technology within the box for us.