She was renting it to family (Lesson learned) for the past 4 years, once they were gone we decided to go ahead and update it prior to selling, new bathrooms, carpet, paint, refinish cabinets, the works.

I try to keep cabinets if at all possible and refinish them.  

Hello,I have couple of basement refinishing projects that I need to work on ( including  underpinning ) so I will need a full set of drawings ( structural, MEP plans )  to get permits.

On our side, we took out the carpet and refinished the lovely hardwoods we found underneath, upgraded the stove, painting, and upgrading fixtures.

Refinish Floors, Rehab Bathrooms, Working on rehabbing kitchen

We notified the existing tenants of the change in ownership, and informed them of the rent increase, about $65, starting 2 months out, stating it was fair market rent, which was true  We stated we would make improvements to their Units, like above, with the exception of painting and refinishing of cabinets (too invasive for an occupied Unit), as well as repair any issues, like slow drains, which was found during the building inspection.

I have a duplex in Petworth Washington, DC, that needs a complete renovation, specifically to start with I want to:Modernize everything (everything dates back at least 30 years maybe more)New KitchenReplace the floors because they can't be refinished again.Add a second bathroom to the upstairs unitReplace the back 2-story porchFinish the basement apartment (it is bare wall now) into a 2br/2baFix/Replace retaining wallOverall I want to significantly improve the quality of my units.  

Finishes are typically fast but my drywall messed up so it took me another month to refinish it for paint 2x.

My first draft of a plan is to borrow in the neighborhood of $150K from an investor, put 5% down and live it in myself, and build a backyard ADU while putting sweat equity into the main house through tiling, replacing/refinishing cabinets, installing new flooring, etc.

Have you talked with a flooring refinisher?