Based on this exodus out of the valley into surrounding areas, I expect that areas like beach towns & wine country will be seeing a boom in residential housing.

If you were building from scratch, ideally all the insulation would be on the exterior of the wall assembly -;)We are presently retrofitting a wooden, Italianate building (circa 1878 - 1880) and on this one, I am using rock wool in the wall cavities (R22 where I can strap the inner side of the exterior walls and R14 in the places where I cannot (a long narrow corridor, rooms with elaborate plaster crown moulding we wish to retain).  

At the end of the day your portfolio is only worth what the properties will sell for.For every investor  that makes money there are 8 or 9 that lose money and thats in a strong market.Most diyers are complete hacks, constantly cut corners like having lead based wooden windows in there rentals exposing young children to toxins and damaging there front cortex.  

@Zana BlueWe are meeting this week - on thur, 2 days from this post (message me if it's kicked back) at DOS coffee and wine place.

And a wine industry which Bend does not have only Beer in Bend.

I should also mention that the seller has owned the home for 5+ years and so it was he who installed the wooden panels on the side. 

Everybody wants shiny, new, with big garage, not updated, wooden, 2/1, 3/2 and we have 4/2.5!

Try washing a door with Murphy's oil soap and see if it look more "new", or "new enough" to re-use, and maybe think about just working with the cherry or whatever color the manufacturer put on.Also if the cabinets are not luxury to start with, the finish probably won't make them so, as because as others have said, they lack the special slow close drawers, dovetails, special cabinets, wine rack, moldings, etc... 

@Christian Wathne I was thinking maybe go half towards brrrr to supplement cash flow and support my dream of a farm and a RV park in wine country.

They can actually crawl into wooden furniture joints but are much less prevalent.