After another year and a half (with a complete renovation of the first floor unit exposing brick, original wood floors, replacing the drop ceiling with recessed lighting and crown molding, and a new kitchen) I ended up getting married and moving out.

We felt this is a large enough cost center in our rehabs that the simple cost/benefit (make vs buy) is starting to tip to the make side, and we'll be able to have the option of the high value add cool crown molding if we can execute.In this case, I don't imagine that Menards is going to be too jilted that we're not buying their trim anymore - as we still might be buying their lumber, and that's only maybe been 2% of our overall spend from them. 

I like some of the design ideas they did and figured I would share my favorites here.Interesting crown molding scheme:And then I came across this dual-color wall.

A great realtor will be able to get this info for you, CoStar is  the crowning jewel on data-if you give me the address , I’ll run a report for you to help with your analysis. 

In those areas - you have to do crown molding, granite in the kitchen & bathrooms, nicer carpet with thicker pad, nicer cabinets, etc to be able to maximize your ROI.

You are still enjoying life.K.I.S.S.Consider this, a very large and prestigious hotel in my area (a former Crowne Plaza Hotel) recently sold for $14 million.

I just rebuilt a 3 ft. chimney for $3,000 and the crown is failing - more learning I get to do. : )

We have all walls painted, crown molding and baseboards throughout, tile in the bathrooms and ceiling fans/lights installed.

My response was thanks for the feedback but the owner (I always play the role of PM) has added granite countertops, new cabinets, new flooring, new baseboards, new HVAC, new roof, new crown molding and resurfaced the pool all within the last few years and that it was rented for $100 more BEFORE the upgrades.

This is the "crown jewel" duplex in the area.