At a glance it looks like these products, such as Durock, would enable a much quicker installation and save a fair amount in labor costs.

A retail contractor(s) would likely cost twice as much as contractors who are accustomed to working with investors.I've done several bathroom remodels for under $1500 ($600 for tub/shower combo installed, $150 for vanity installed, $250 for toilet/sink/faucet installed, $200 for laminate flooring, $100 for light installed, etc).

We have a nest thermostat installed in the "owners" unit (my sister) of one of our properties.

Also, understand too that installment contracts, seller financing of equity is already a non-recourse matter as default of an equity loan terminates the installment contract or purchase agreement, the seller simply gets the collateral back.

They broke a sliding glass door which they acknowledge (little hard not to) but we have shopped to minimize the cost to them to replace so it is about $316 vs the $560 originally and didn't charge install just disposal.

Did you install new cabinet or paint them?  

In all our homes I install motion detector with lights in front and back .

I could easily imagine a provided ladder could/would be used for less-than-emergency situation (e.g. changing light bulbs, installing decorations, epic rail shots, etc.) 

Hey everyone,Recently installed dark wood colored floating LVF in our duplex and it turned out beautiful.

It would be cool to install solar panels on top of all your rental properties and make additional passive income off them by charging the tenant for what they use and whatever else you sell back to the grid!