I installed a/c in both units, painted, and replaced fixtures (light switches, electical outlets with nice white ones, doorknobs with nice steel ones).  

Sometimes it's the wording of a post that invites the skeptic / cynic to come out.  Let's

When I spotted him trying to stick her car key into the electrical outlet, I told her she needed to bounce.

Items such as hardware, outlet covers, light fixtures, caulking, window blinds, painting supplies, etc.

look in the scratch and dent section at the big box stores and/or check at sears outlet.  

I've run my broker up and down on a way to do this, but my FHA 30yr fixed is at 3.25% due to fortunate timing, so it would kill me to have to refi out.. Let

What you will commonly see here is a new panel installed and then all the receptacles replaced with GFCI outlets as a way to get around the fact the house has old 2-wire.

Its a 1945 story and a half house with slanted 2n't floor ceilings and no attic.You can see most new tape joints as they are soggy, all lights filled up with water, outlets had water dribbling out of them, even basement had plenty of water dripping into it.

For example, I have one bag for hand tools (wrenches, screw drivers, hammer, etc); another for fasteners (screws, nails); another for water problems (pipe cutters, pipe wrenches, gaskets, rubber washers for sinks, hand saw for pvc, misc. sharkbite connectors, teflon tape, etc, etc, etc); another for electric repairs; another for laying carpet; a Section 8 bucket (9V batteries, spare smoke detector, switch plate and outlet covers, and other things needed to pass a Section 8 inspection), etc, etc, etc.

It makes sense for the slab to flow away from the property, but steps are supposed to be flat. 5 - There's the rusty nail that my kid stepped on that is sticking out of the slab6 - There is a ton of overpour that has gotten into my flower bed in front of the slab.