If the energy costs are too high your tenants will soon find their way out the door.3) Hardwood/Tile over carpet.Look forward to hearing more thoughts from the pros...

I do this when refinishing hardwood floors and I'm putting three coats of oil based varnish/polyurethane on them.My partners father used to "swear" that by "blowing air" (by mouth) into an open can of paint and then closing the lid quickly (replacing the oxygen in the space in the can with carbon dioxide) prevented fungus from growing in the can (some also simply place a piece of Saran wrap over the wet paint to keep it from drying out).Gail 

Let me also caveat - the last time I quoted that number, a potential customer came to me with a plan set for a 3000sqft house with all brick siding, full basement, complicated and steep roof, and wanted the best of everything... trim, hardwoods, viking appliances, upgrade granite... you name it.He was absolutely indignant that my price was higher than $110/sqft. 

It has a family room with wet bar,  the fifth bedroom, utility room and full bathroom that has a 5' wide senior accessible low threshold   shower. and a utility room with storage area.Also two new furnaces and AC units, new roof 2017, new gutters 2017 some carpet, some hardwood, some vinyl.

We know that it needs a new roof, new drywall in a couple rooms, new electrical, new plumbing, new paint in and out, refinish hardwood floors, and new appliances.

I just moved a tenant into my first rental, and the hardwood floors started coming up, there were two bad spots where they actually buckled.

You can paint after flooring is installed (sometimes necessary ... particularly if you are refinishing existing hardwood), but you will need to cover the finish floor until all other work is done.

The buildings come with one year rental and maintenance guarantees and are highly upgraded for rentals (granite, hardwood flooring, custom paint and tile etc).

If one is using hardwood trim and the other is using pine trim that will reflect in the estimate and will create a skewed comparison.

Holes in the walls (from pictures and shelves), it appears the bathrooms were never cleaned- there is hard water corrosion, and animal urine on the hardwood floors.