Is that white washed hardwood?

Previous sellers had small pets that totally went to potty all over old carpet and it flowed to hardwoods.

This will help you get a better idea of what tile, hardwood, carpet, plumbing fixtures and light fixtures costs for your rehabs.#4 Contact Local Contractors For PricingCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.#5 Build Out Your Database in a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.#6 Practice, Practice, PracticeWalk through distressed fixer-upper properties (or find properties virtually online) and practice creating detailed scopes of work, quantifying repairs and estimating rehab costs for the projects.This will help you get acquainted with common rehab repairs, rehab costs & estimating terminology.#7 Get Your First Rehab Project!

Also cheap for door hinges, door frames and interior doors.For hardwood floors, I get end of line deals from The Hardwood Flooring Stores Ltd in Toronto.  

We have read that hardwood (within our budget) would be desirable to renters and buyers, but we also know that some people prefer carpet.

On the  tenants last day she was cleaning out her stuff and I saw some obvious damage to the hard wood floors.

Now, the hardwood flooring in our living room is splitting and buckling in several areas and the same wood flooring in our dining room looks just plain awful as several of the planks sit up higher than others.

This particular house, however, is a bank from the late 1800's, so we sanded down and refinished the original oak (I think - def a hardwood) floors.

Install a hardwood, tile, or high-end laminate into the place.

My new duplex has hardwood flooring throughout the property.