$100- $400, very loaded question, all depends on what you put into the house. particle board cabinets, Formica counter tops and vinyl floors or plywood cabinets with stained exotic wood doors,marble floors and granite counter tops?

After a while you will start to see the pattern and recognize good deals

A full description can found in the RCW itself and the subsequent Washington State Supreme Court Opinion on the Washington State Legislature website and linked below.Attorneys tell us "the penalty for engaging in a "pattern" of equity skimming that is set forth in the Distressed Property Conveyances Act is found in RCW 9.94A, as a Class B Felony, Level II offense", which can include confinement in a state correctional institution, fine or both.

—upending a traditional pattern of Americans buying starter homes and moving up

That is my thought patterns anyway.Best of luck.

For instance, you wouldn't put expensive marble kitchen counters in a rental (unless the market supports doing so.)

When you do that you will start to see a pattern of why some are more expensive and some are less expense. 

@Carl Fischer The "problem" of roughly $3.4 million of potential capital gains wouldn't evaporate if the house was located in PA instead of CA, and had the exact same fact pattern. 

It's about a series of lates forming a pattern. 

Just as with any new routine, it will take some time to establish a new pattern.