The previous tenants had a dog and a cat in the house, but upon their vacating the premises, the home was thoroughly cleaned by myself and then a cleaning service, most walls were repainted, wood floors were re-sealed with polyurethane, vents were vacuumed and furnace filter was changed.

Since this apartment building has separate water for 2 upstairs apartments, but the bottom floor is all one intermixed mess. 

I purchased this from my sister below the appraisal value of $146k (benefit of no realtors so she gave me a deal), but they also did not take into account the re-done basement and $10k hardwood floors my sister put in because they did a desk appraisal.

Purchase Price: $240,0001bd Basement apartment rent as is: $1,000/mo1bd Basement apartment rent after renos: $1,350/moRenos needed: 1,500 sq/ft flooring, two IKEA kitchens, two bathroom renos, paint, interior doors.

Home needed new siding, windows, HVAC, kitchens, baths, paint, flooring and various other fixes.

Asbestos mitigation,Updated bathrooms and laundry, new flooring, paint, doors/trim, and windows.

I looked at a bunch of crumbling row-houses in Baltimore today, and many of them had crumbling and cracked brick, rotted foundation, water damage and squishy floors about to give in, and signs at the door saying the place needs to be rehabbed or boarded within 30 days because of code violation.For a typical row-house that's 12 feet wide and 3 floors in Baltimore city, how would it typically cost1A.

I'm looking for some good ideas on what type of flooring and types paint that are durable and look good.Any input would be greatly appreciated

(New paint, inside/outside, new flooring, repairing/replacing cabinets, door knob, doorway, and some windows) From the pictures that were sent, all 36 of them didn't seem to drastic though.

President Biden is calling on Congress to enact an innovative, new competitive grant program that awards flexible and attractive funding to jurisdictions that take concrete steps to eliminate such needless barriers to producing affordable housing.See my post on Raleigh zoning changes to relieve 2/3/4-plex shortage regarding one city that anticipates federal funding grants for this purpose.