Don’t forget to plan for the future, maintain a healthy work-life balance, and celebrate small wins along the way—it’s all part of the journey!

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

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".

One time, I sent a letter to an heir in Austin, and thier family ended up selling me a property they couldn’t maintain.

Fireplaces can add to the value of your rental if they are well maintained and managed.

When I maintained my position that I wouldn't be paying 10K up front, Dmitri then insulted my section 8 investing knowledge and suggested that if I wasn't ready to move forward, then it was because I didn't understand enough about section 8 to begin with.

Even then, you can expect they won't be able to maintain the home to the same level you did while living in it.

I maintain even break even on valuation (which is rare in SF Zoned areas), the ADU has big disadvantages versus new property acquisition including financing, level of effort, rent control, prop tax being based on cost rather than value added, length of time including length of time from first expenditures to first income, reduction of something from existing unit (in your case existing home lost its garage).Did you see starting next year Mf can add an ADU per unit up to 8 units without any affordable housing concessions?

All are on separate 800 square foot floors, with front and back door egress, well maintained and gut renovations were completed in 2019.      

What is the appropriate level of cleanliness to maintain during project work?