If you have to go with custom sizes, and need extra framing or lots of new trim work it can start to get pricey. 

Just a thought...you could buy that 1/4" bead board and go over top of it and not mess with the trim if you plan to paint and not stain.

Or would it be the same ARV if I just trimmed the bushes?

I just did my entire rental with the Lifeproof planks....its really easy to work with.You can easily trim/grind/file the material to fit tight up to the edge of the tub.....its just going to be tedious to do.

@Robbie WynessGenerally, when a window company replaces your old windows and puts in new ones, they wrap the exterior wooden frame of the window using a siding bender and vinyl-covered aluminum trim coil.

Even potential to trim some medium sized trees for a valley view in the back!

They would have something like grey siding, white trim with a red toned door and it looked really good.So other than going to home shows of big developers in the area, which is probably one of the primary ways, what other sites, magazines, apps etc do you use to keep up with trends?

Our estimate came in higher than we could justify for the property so we trimmed down the scope of work and are going to handle some of the lighter tasks ourselves.

Trim hedges.

If you go this route, I would focus on a single property - the one which is costing you the most in interest and/or the one which will yield the biggest free cash flow once paid down - until you reach any prepayment limits imposed by your financing terms.Additionally, if you are able to switch your payments to {accelerated} bi-weekly (26-payments a year) from monthly, that alone will trim your amortization and total cost of borrowing.Another thing I frequently do is to take-on variable rate financing on a property (which is usually at a lower interest rate than a fixed rate loan ... by as much as a 1 pt), but set my payment as though I have a fixed rate loan.