The problems with the project mostly stemmed from the crawl space work, which required shoring, replacing structural members, leveling floors and insulation. 

Not every older system needs to be simply replaced.

Replaced both toilets with brand new ones, replaced the 2 car- garage door with a brand new one, had all the walls freshly painted, put brand new baseboards in, and had the kitchen cabinets painted as well.

For replacement canoes that got damaged by straight line winds.  

If they are cash-flowing and easy on management, there is no reason to refi to pull the equity because you will really hurt your cash flow with the higher rates.The best first flips to me are dumps that only need direct replacement and not a square footage add or a ton of walls down just for timeline integrity.

Can you replace furnace, stove, etc with all electric and save 300 to 400 a month there? 

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Would slow and steady be replaced with meteoric?

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Btw, about the need for rehab, I'm talking about what I think should be fairly straightforward things, like replacing carpeting, repairing drywall, but not a complete gutting and remodeling.