These are great ideas.Also, what is your opinion on adding/creating thoughtful shelving in the living room/bathroom or even kitchen areas?

So definitely a combination of many things going on.The market is hot, but not at every price point, I am seeing more entry-level homes flying off the shelves than anything.

There was Wiccan artifacts on shelves all around the false wall as well. 

Most require you to wait for a quote and Im trying to move faster than all that.Recent Lesson Learned:  If your treating butcher block countertops or wood shelving, consider "waterlox" because it really seals in the wood while maintaining its original authentic appearance. 

Homes in my area are still flying off of the shelves. 

, doors off hinges, broken windows--unreported and just left broken and open to the elements, heavier wear and tear on flooring than class B, large secret dogs that they are babysitting for a relative in jail for unpaid parking tickets, cigarette smoke smells indoors, broken shelves, home-made (crap) repairs on things, dead cars on the property, dead cars up on blocks on the property, piles of old bald tires, etc...Not all, but some. 

With single family houses they seem to fly off the shelves.

So basically someone stocking shelves can own properties with no money down.

Replaced all flooring, roof, cabinets, marble counters, light fixtures, stainless appliances, interior paint, ceiling repair, new walk in shower in master, new bathroom vanities, shelves in bathroom, chain link fence, new Air Conditioning, and landscaping.What was the outcome?

, salvaged barnwood flooring and custom made the countertop, backsplash and floating shelves.