The last thing you want is to be in a position where you have outlayed a lot of cash for furniture, decor, and technology only to find out that you are in the hole every month. 

High-end furniture, custom construction, and themed interior decoration.

From the front house, one can see the ocean and it is a 2 minute walk to the ocean from the property.We put in a good amount remodeling/updating both dwellings as well as decorating/furnishing to get modernized/rent ready. 

I got my share of decorations.

For tiles I've had the most luck with floor and decor.

A $300 slab of the stuff from Floor & Decor is an awesome upgrade I think.I think it worked out well. 

See the wall that comes out from the right - simply extend it across to the left and put a door in it.It would look normal, visually, and then everyone could use that storage closet under the stairs - perfect place to store winter clothes and stuff, X-mas decorations, etc.A non-load-bearing partition wall with a door in it to the downstairs "bedroom" should be pretty cheap. 

If the property is truly late 50's early 60's decor, I probably wouldn't replace anything that wasn't messed up.

Same with décor, timeless classics rather than trendy finishes.

I'm not judging them for not having dental insurance, I'm just saying if you are from San Francisco you will have huge culture shock just driving 4 - 6 hours north.When I was in Crescent City, that was during the 2016 election and there were literally huge altars to Trump, too - giant wooden structures with huge decorated Trump signs/banners, etc.