it's really easy... pretty much everything i use is either from HD - 99% or Amazon (shower trim, valve, bath fan, curtain rods, disposals, sink drains, fan timer, smoke detectors)tiles - MS international glacier or metro charcoalaccent tile - Madison Avenue Interlockingvanity - as modern looking as i can get it - vanitytub - aloha - $119kitchen kompact cabinets - usually buy the chadwood, but this was menards their other line (not good for rentals)hardwood - the stuff around $3, whatever color, but i like the natural lookpanasonic bath fans - always, always, always!

Hell, you can have an entire compliance department that has more people than the underwriting and HR departments combined, and still struggle...

The two times I can think of that I would go with paint, would be if the look you are going for... maybe a more modern look... looks better with solid colors like white or black.  

Pratyush Singh try modern builders supply, I use the store in dayton and they are very good and reasonably priced.

My combined loss on that one unit, excluding any rental income, just lost appreciation and construction costs, today is somewhere around $200k.

Unique combinations of family, employment, dreams, lifestyle, weather, and matters of the heart—just to name a few—often dictate where you live, and they’re often tied to emotions.But what if you could keep your decision-making in the strictly rational realms?

In this case combine all income, all expenses, all crowd and see if it works. 

Those with the highest level of risk tolerance combined with the highest level of knowledge win or lose the most.

I've had a flooring guy tell me modern, quality laminate is made with more water-resistant components than the bargain-level stuff.

Haven't found the right combination of numbers yet though.