If you have a property manager handling it for you, pass it along to the Tenant at cost of the Workman plus the markup of the property manager, whatever amount that is.Spackle is cheap, but paint can get costly especially if two coats are required. 

After well over 1000 houses it’s proved it’s worth.BUT if you think sugar coating will work sprinkle sugar all over the conversation. certainly nicey nice communication and unabashed laughter will get you elected but it won’t buy many houses. our product is money and we best not forget that. there’s a power exchange happening in every conversation and the one who blinks first fails unless winning isn’t important.  

One thing I am seeing a lot of is sugar-coating and hopeful optimism on the part of GPs and lenders—and that’s my takeaway from your notes on this CEO call.  

Two coats of paint including ceilings and trim for a 1200 sqft. house in our market is at least $5k including materials.

Not going to sugar coat it.

For hardwood, that will take much longer and I'd bet they'd walk on it or move heavy furniture before the top coat is cured and damage it.

Trendy materials (like bold backsplashes) are best used sparingly.Cost-Effective Upgrades: A fresh coat of paint on cabinets, new hardware, or upgraded lighting can make a big difference without a huge investment.

That's kind of what I was thinking, but I wonder what they'd want for a "walkway" non skid coating would be easy but if they want all railings to code all Along the whole roof then I'll probably be better off doing metal fire escapes on the side windows.  

I like the thicker and wider planks that became available in the last year or two.

I've gone higher in quality, but the paint is thicker and a little harder to spread or I just wasn't used to it.