Paint the kitchen and dining room and if you're going to keep the open cabinet look, I'm afraid you're probably going to have to pull the cabinets down to paint the wall and then put them back up.  

It is typically just a different color of cheap tile (ex use 12 x 12 tan tiles and maybe 6x6 or 6x12 accent row around the top)Pedestal Sinks help and in small bathrooms create more spaceChair Rail Dining/Eating room and just paint the wall white under itThese are just a few ideas I try to do and im looking forward to other responses on this thread.

I just purchased a HUD home that I have to house hack for a year or two   .I am in the process of gutting the home and I have a partitionwall  between the living room and dining room/ den area.  

He was stunned and asked how I knew.

Even though I am just dabbling in real estate myself, my understanding of the industry in general, run very deep, and I am looking to learn even more here at Bigger Pockets.My goal is to eventually take unloved properties and apply my expertise in design an architecture to create stunning homes that people will love for many years to come.

It looked stunning, and his home is worth quite a bit of money.

Depreciation factors might include the location of the home, the age of features such as roof, the outdated design, the lack of more than one bathroom, the existence of a small family room, small living room and small dining room rather than the currently preferred one large great room, etc.They should order a new appraisal, a true FMV appraisal based on depreciated replacement cost and comparable sales.Does that help out, or am I still missing something?

It's not a glamorous goal but it will allow us to retire at the age of 30.Our renovations are as follows:Laminate $1.99/sqft20x20 polished porcelain tile($1.07/sqft) w/backer board, thinset, grout $2.85/sqft9' Granite counters $115 pcLow flow toilets $135 pcLow flow Delta showers $200 pcPedestal sink $50pc for half bathsSink faucets from China $54 PCNew bathroom vanities 48" for 2 center units $650 eachNew bathroom vanities 60" double sinks for end units $900 eachNew blinds for all windows verticals in living & dining, minis in bedrooms $500 from StarDecoratingElectric fireplace insert ($250) w/ ledge stone surround ($5.99/sqft) and mantle ($20) $500New doors $42-$64 eachKwikset handles & knobs $500 total for all units Modern kitchen cabinet handles $50 per unitTamper resistant modern outlets & switches-Leviton $200New lights $370LOTS OF PAINT!!!!

The front apartment has LR, EIK and room with closet which can be a bedroom or dining room as well as a half bath/laundry room on the first floor.

-We really opened up the Living Room, Dining Room, and Kitchen by removing a ton of walls and installing five new massive beams in the attic to carry all the load that the walls were previously carrying.