With the fires, labor and materials are going to be in short supply.

Am open to single or duplex property that is requires minimum or cosmetics renovation.

.- First Rule: you buy the materials, so they don't need 50% down!

Most material pricing, especially lumbar has come down tremendously from the chart he is using to show the increase.

not to mention you can go on E bay and for 50 bucks or less you can buy any Guru's printed materials or tapes.. they all give them at the start of their seminars in exchange for the big fee's folks pay to go.. 

The fire prevention policies were different, more aggressive, so far less imperative reasons to sway away from a then amply supplied and I imagine price adjusted material of shake vs fire resilient material. 

Make cosmetic updates if needed, offer free months rent on a longer lease, make sure your units have qualities like laundry and AC. 

The property had significant upside potential as it was priced below market value and required mostly cosmetic updates.

If I have the time after dinner to run to Lowe’s , and deliver material at 10pm, I didn’t have to ask if that’s ok.

As others have stated, your fit & finish goals should be guided by whether you plan to:1) Rent: tenants don't always take care of a property, so you want to use lower-grade materials and workmanship.2) Flip: higher quality on workmanship and materials is usually required.Regardless, you always want to "Maintain to the Neighborhood".