We replaced the roof, all flooring, bathroom vanities, fixtures, trim, painted kitchen cabinets and moved them around, hardware, toilets, half the siding, tons of yard work and cutting out weeds the size of trees, new paint inside and out, built a wood plank wall and made a faux beam in the master bathroom out of a poorly designed wall that was hanging down.

If it's very visible, we'll route the edges and paint it like trim.

I do plan to hold for long term.I am getting mix advice: some said keep things the way they are, sand, and paint the trim, fix sash lock, install insulation strips, while replacing a few exterior sills, and not worry about tenant wanting to open the windows..Then I am told, go ahead and do it as a good feature to attract tenants (new, save energy with ensured/enhanced insulation, utility will be paid by tenant), of course the windows can be opened like they suppose to, less maintenance headache with possible landlord call for window breakdown/issues.

The power company will only trim trees in the right of way and even then the PA  power company at one house i owned cut down half an elm-right down the middle... 

3bd, 1.5bath, 1124sqft, on ~.2 acres with 1 car attached, 2 car detached garages (nice selling point given my hobbies)Reno Plan:Home is mostly cosmetic issues. remove popcorn ceilings. remove carpet and refinish hardwoods underneath, bathroom and kitchen updating, landscaping, gutters, trim and paint, and some work on the detached garage (new roof).Doing 90% of the renovation myself as I have done work on homes with my dad in the past. targeting a budget for 15k for materials and any surprises that I need help with.

My understanding was that it's not so much the paint but the many friction points in old windows, so that even if there's not much paint, the simple fact that there is lead dust inside the windows (where the old weights and pulleys are) means that the up-and-down friction causes the lead dust to get released - and this is regardless of how the trim is painted.The only time it wouldn't make sense to just go vinyl with the windows, in my mind, is if there is some major aesthetic reason not to, or it's a historic house and you can't because of historic property rules (which, of course, add a lot to renovation costs besides just keeping old windows).And yes I really like our local REIA because it doesn't try to sell you things.

It looks like you have some 5 panel doors with original two part trim then some basic doors in other parts of the house.

A great example is for us in Charleston SC any hired trim carpenter from an experienced trim company will cost you $35-$42 an hour.

Central heat and Air 7K. 5K for doors paint trim and miscellaneous.The whole thing is looking about 52-55k.

Add some decorative trim around windows and it could turn out pretty nice.