The fact that your on here asking means that you’re frugal and reluctant to splurge.

Perhaps you should splurge and get the big bag.

I know this is more of a splurge of thoughts on the issue than an answer but I think they are overlooked aspects of a question I hear repeatedly.

being an effective student of life and not being reactive and being reflective, being grateful instead of being angry, having a planning attitude versus throwing dartsSuffering today instead of splurging for todayBeing coachable instead of an arrogant know it allThe game of life@Ben LeybovichHow are those two boys doing?

I wanted to clarify a couple of thingsFirst I spent a little more on things but not a ton for example I found a water fall faucet for the bathroom for 49.00I found one of those tall kitchen faucets where the sprayer is built into the faucet and pulls out from the faucet housing itselfI purchased one for 70.00 from a close out placeand the other for 131 with soap dispenser and plateit was a 300 dollar faucet that was open box returnedthe floating vanity cost 313 but came with a medicine cabinetand it looks great i think a regular vanity was about 99 and medicine cab for 40 so I spent twice the amount of rental gradeI decided to put my focus on the bathroom and kitchen I used bead board backsplash in one unit but splurged on glass in the otherboth look pretty great and look way better than blank wallsI put in vinyl plank flooring looks like oak and has a great look cost 40.00 for the whole bathroomI did a two color paint scheme in the bathroom that is very eye catching but the paint I used was oops paint so it cost me 5.00 a gallonand everyone loves the way the colors balance off each other it overall my cost in the bathroom and kitchen was \in fact my total paint cost for both units was 160 for 10 gallons plus three gallons so 113I dont think I spent that much extra but the look of pleasure on my tenants faces when they see the apartment and what they are gettingI saved money on the laminate floor over capeting I payed 79c sqft by buying clearance flooringmy contractor charged me 640 to install 1000 sqft with my helpI added the washer dryer closet so they dont have to walk to the laundromat That was my biggest expensenow the question is will I get more for the unitsI dont know my goal was not to get more but to get exactly the tenants I want without waiitngI dont want vacancies and I dont want tenants who will tear my stuff up which is what I see a lot of in this neighborhoodsometimes its not just what you bring in it is what you dont have to spend out if I can minimize vacancies over a five year period and minimize repair costs that is fair compensation. in my humble opinion

This is a nicer place so we splurged and put it in.

Splurge on the Caddie after 20 years in the business and you have an established base.

Once I'm finished with it (its a SFR splurge to become my own home and an STR) I will likely cashout refi that or HELOC that SFR to pay off this line of credit and then repeat to use it to buy and/or renovate other things.   

If you intend to sell the property, splurge on the licensed exterminator so they can sign off on it.

Will a simple dust mask combat this or do I need to splurge for a more heavy duty mask?