What wall paint, granite counters, flooring, cabinets and back splash types and colors have you seen fetch the hightest prices on your flips? 

I bought a flip property needing light cosmetic work (new flooring, cabinets, counters, appliances, minimal drywall and electric work, smoke smell removing and paint.

Engineering studies including reports on walls, roofs, foundation, supports, and floors.8.

The other is they now want a vapor barrier installed in the floor but these are older model trailers “as is” and we haven’t had an issue with mold or moisture.

Remodeled the kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, replaced roof, new paint in and outside, new HVAC, new windows, etc.

I paid a guy $1000 to do the tub tile as well as the bathroom floor and including tile it cost around $1200 (and I had lots of tile left over). 

I am introducing myself as a blank slate to real estate sales and investment.

If a home is properly maintained, as are some of the ones I buy, you still have original hardwood floors, original joists under the sub-floor, original trusses in the attic, etc. 

The property is zoned for both and has 45 ft height - which allows me 4 floors with a basement due to the slope.I am confused that why would IRS would compel me to depreciate a building over 39 years when it has only 10 years of life left. 

The reason square footage is a mess is because of how it's calculated and how you use your space. 1,000 square feet of an open floor plan is way more valuable than 1,000 square feet of compartmentalized rooms, but an appraiser will likely call it even.