I have an older home that is split into a duplex. The floors have several coats of paint on the hardwood floors. I want to get the floors back to the beautiful wood they once were. Before using a drum sander should...

Personally, I *hate* carpet in rentals... hate cleaning it, double hate replacing it-- so we get rid of it asap in all our units-- ceramic tile if the rents will support it, refinish hardwoods if they're hiding underneath old carpet, sometimes even laminate (not the cheapest stuff... doesn't hold up to water).

I did tile, grout, refinished and installed cabinets, installed fixtures, GFI outlets, drywall, paint replaced rotted wood, and removed old caulking and put new caulking.

Refinishing wood floors is cheap and tenants will want to rent an apartment or home with wood floors.

Repairs-windows, refinish hardwoods (beautiful floors throughout, just need sand/refinish), kitchen needs counters, bathrooms just need quick overhaul (toilet, vanity, sink), paint, and thats really about it.....I "guesstimate" no more than 10k on the very high side, and with me doing the work, def well under 10k.

Little did I know I had just discovered something that was going to not only fool every appraiser afterward into documenting they were corian, but would have me making a little extra money cuz no one else does it.I secretly also outside the other company refinish and turn formica cabinets into WOOD cabinets.

Problems: Big house, will need a lot of paint flooring refinishing $$$$ etc..

[/b]My fame is countertop refinishing.

I know most would say "no way", I am looking at it from the standpoint that the home has no carpet, it has old hardwood floors that we have not refinished.

Refinishing anything in a kitchen or bath I do CHEEEAAP but its done under my company.