After done renovations / repairs / maintenance on many many properties, I kind of know the price range of each job like painting, flooring, drywall, plumbing, electrical, AC, pest control, remove odor from old pet urine, mold remediation, cabinets, countertop, backsplash, appliances etc etc in my mind.

You can view a few photos here.It is located near 88th and Wadsworth in the Kings Mill neighborhood2 story/ 5 Bedroom/ 3 BathMaster suite "loft" 500 square feetmain floor/ 900basement/ 900some good things:Roof is five years oldnew windows on the top floornew water heaterno signs of foundation settling home is overall maintained and well kept "just very dated"The expensive things:paint trim outside of houseHVAC is working  but is super oldNeeds painting throughout, with a room or two of wallpaper removalneeds wood floors installed on main levelcarpet in upstairs and basementnew appliances/fixtures/countertops in kitchencomplete remodel all 3 bathrooms entire basement is wood paneling drop ceilings in basement "possible other option?"

That’s almost the entire $360 budget and we haven’t even considered the garage door, paint, flooring, cabinets, counter tops, hvac, water heater, plumbing, windows, doors, dry wall, showers, toilets, landscaping, fences, etc. 3% is extremely optimistic.

I am pretty sure you have seen those flip shows where the electrical was not done and delayed the placing of drywall or the granite countertop was not cut to size but the cabinets and counters were already installed.

Flooring, counter tops, cabinet doors, hardware, and paint chips and some things I can't even identify.Anyone have some good methods for dealing with this madness?

I also was thinking about this with countertops...Love the advise.

Some costs will generally be the same, ie furnace, but other things like laminate counter tops vs granite will change depending on what the comps call for. 

Counter top sf?  

for my RI and MA investors what's the average cost of putting in a new countertop in the kitchen?

--Have the seller do some repairs/upgrades (new paint, counter tops, new fence, carpet, etc) and then make the purchase price $140k with seller paying closing costs - therefore the seller will recoup that money after closing and we don't have to do the upgrades and such ourselves.