@Patrick BergeronA fresh coat of paint and clean up the yard if you are trying to work around the tenant

HI all,I ran a Airbnb for 3 years in Rincon Puerto Rico from 2016-2019.  We sold be cause tenants sued the condo association to change bylaws to non airbnb friendly as it affected their use of condo.  Long story but w...

Learn to skim coat.

I have a couple pairs of insulated pliers that just have a coating on the handle.

Or, if the condition was good, we buffed and coated the hardwood.

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I always replace toilets, shut off valves, water fixtures, add frostproof water spigots with additional isolation valves for winterizing, switches, light fixtures, Add ceiling fans to every bedroom, GFCI outlets, regular outlets, smoke detectors with 10-year or hard-wired-in, use a quality one coat semi-gloss paint, basic white washer/dryer and Exterior door locks with touchpads (key free). 

Work with people who are licensed, have been around the block, tell you the facts even if it's not sugar coated. 

Day 10 after purchase and the apartment is now painted, the floors are sanded, and the first coat of polyurethane is down.  

We solved this by converting a coat closet in the living room which backed up to the kitchen, into kitchen floor space where we put the fridge and then moved the stove to the old fridge spot, then put the new dishwasher in the old stove spot and topped it all off with granite.