@Matthew Paul The sample property that I linked is just for a reference, from my research that I've done over a few months on the MLS I've seen houses like that all over the Detroit area spanning different neighborhoods.

AZ appreciated a lot over that span prob 20% in this asset class.

This could result into several HELOC over the span of 25 years.

This allowed him to renovate the home refinance the loan and get set up with a 30 year mortgage all in the span of about a month. 

It looks really good.He was there working on this over the span of 3 days. 

Like I said, if you can see the value people get here from BP, you'll see that same incredible wealth of info there for info on ANY aspect of PROPERLY installing tile.As far as this particular thread goes, glad to hear there haven't been any issues and to be honest, as long as it is properly screwed down AND you have a proper subfloor (something else that I see so many "I've been doing this for years" type guys be clueless about) it should be fine for years, but it won't have the lifespan of a properly installed job with the thinset bed under the backer board.Three other very common MAJOR errors I've seen time and time again, even from the "years of experience" crowd are the subfloor issue, which I won't go into detail on here, but that truly involves the deflection of the floor, whch involves the size, span and type of material of the joists and then what is used for a subfloor on top of them (and using any natural stone vs ceramic/porcelain requires a MUCH stronger floor) Second is the mixing of the thinset mortar.

I am of the camp that thinks less than $1K per month makes it hard to cover the Capex over the 10 year time span I plan to hold properties, at least that is what I am shooting for.I am looking for 3/2/2's in a distressed condition to try to capture some equity when I rehab and then resell into the retail market with another fix up after the 10 year period.

It seems this thread spans both sides of the scale.

Sure, there are plenty of really rich people that develop some awesome idea that make more in a lifetime, but they probably were more likely to have made a bulk of it on one or a few ideas in a span of far fewer years.  

Do all of this work in the shortest time span.