I have done demo work,  flooring installations, tiling, drywall finish, using miter and table saw to cut and install baeboards and window sills and building picture frames with scraps, .I built a bar cabinet, an island cabinet around a center island stove, I have ran packer machines that compact the dirt in a foundation before the concrete is poured.Of course painting and sanding and varnishing...replacing electrical plugs and receptacles, hanging light fixturees, replaced plumbing pvc, used all sorts of power tools and saws and LIKED IT!...

Setup your office to where you have file cabinets to hold your tenants records.  

"Looks like the kitchen will need some new cabinets"!!

Cabinets.

Carpet in rentals has to go....sooner or later.....To me over upgrading is stuff like granite counter tops....fancy cabinets.... fancy tile..... stuff that doesn't get good bang for the buck..... flooring is a "need"....not a "want".....carpet is a disposable commodity that has a lifespan no matter what....

We even let the tenant (with our final approval) pick out the new Cabinets, Granite and Carpet - looks even better now than it did when it was brand new.Those are my experiences.

Paint, flooring, cabinets and clean out.

Snowbound oil on trim, cabinets and doors.  50% Repose Grey on walls.

Of you need to remove a partial wall (looks like there is a 3 foot section coming out from the outer wall), add a base cabinet that faces into the living room to cover damage to the flooring from where the wall was removed), and then put a counter top on top of it and have some legs to support it at the other end. 

The lease was increased to $1,700/month with the condition that I change the kitchen cabinets and put granite countertops, So it would be first + last + 1.5 security deposit so 1,700 + 1,700, + 2,550 = $5,950.