New Kitchen countertops and new appliances in all bathrooms, replaced cabinets with floating shelves and repainted all cabinets .

My biggest question is why are you putting $7,000 counter tops in a 70k house.

I think you will find its the countertops that can bury the budget.

New bathrooms, new kitchen cabinets, granite counter tops, wood laminate flooring throughout.

OTOH, I've met plenty of tenants who comment about the rent rate, paint, countertops, faucets, and lighting.

Generally, I am looking for flooring, walls, and countertops that look fairly nice but are durable and easy to clean.

Carpet, paint, new counter tops - lipstick and perfume on a pig.

Once we finally got our map approved and built, we offered upgraded cabinets, flooring, lighting, countertops, appliances inside the house as standards.

It's fairly easy to get compliant, especially when you know the tricks re. using certain countertop materials and the like that let you avoid some of the more expensive HVAC and facade elements.

Nothing related to plumbing, possibly new windows, paint the deck, new cabinets, counter tops etc. we need to open up kitchen, demo wall (which luckily is not load bearing).