$250.00 New Shower Curtain and Bar $125.00 New towel holders (3 piece set) $175.00 New floor mats $75.00 Other Areas: Paint ceilings and walls flat, trim semi-gloss $450.00 per room Since fixing up the cabinet vs replacing is not much of a cost difference I'm leaning towards just getting new ones.

I was doing some research and looking for a coach and mentor and found Mat Piche, an REI in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

In this case, hover your mouse over Marc's name above (ex: Marc Jolicoeur) and a small box will open.

If your low paying restaurant tenant decides to shut down when you raise rent then you should be able to market the property for restaurant use as well as daycares, laundry mats or any other zoning that is allowable.  

@Ryan HowardI can respect you getting out there and finding vacant homes a little tactic i use to find properties is called "google drive for dollars"I simply take a target zip code/street in my investment area and begin to use google maps to walk up the street using my mouse to zoom in on any property that may look distressed.

Mouse over any underlined word for a definition :) (this one is real estate investor association)

Anything with the little blue dot lines under the word will display a definition if you hover your mouse over it. 

@Mat Spackman, I'd be happy to review.

A mouse can be standing right next to an elephant but just because it is right next to the elephant the mouse is certainly not the same things as the elephant and with real estate properties can be very different even if right next to each other. 

This way is someone sues you it would be a game of cat and mouse.