Used HELOC to do a major upgrade of retaining walls, refinished a bathroom, did significant landscaping, added additional SF in the basement, added a new heat pump system, and refinished flooring.

Granite counters, refinished original wood floors, took out ugly ceiling replaced with drywall, upgraded bathrooms.

Rip out the walls and floors, uneven walls and floors, remove and update all electric, remove and replace all plumbing, replace furnace and radiators, install HVAC, update windows, refinish outside and with what?

If not a full gut, finding it, replacing it, and refinishing what was there gets expensive4.

They're super simple homes and you can add value by refinishing the basements.

One refinish them if you think it would increase your rents.

This was a full gut remodel, that involved refinishing an attic loft, adding bathrooms, full plumbing, electric, the whole deal.....about a $150,000 rehab. 

But I do stain and refinish floors, decks, cabinets, countertops.

There are also companies that can just refinish the doors if the bases are in goo shape.If they aren't in good condition (the bases and the doors), then replace them and at the same time reconfigure the layout. 

Remodeled the kitchen, bathroom, painting, refinish hardwood What was the outcome?