I had forgotten that we remodeled our kitchen on a budget last year before starting this rehab project.We've cut back on expenses and are not paying for extras like lawn cutting like before.

I used it on this kitchen that had your standard golden oak cabinets (i can't find my before pics right now).

Here you go...SFH A: HUD home on the west side, value nominally around $125k, purchase price $84k4br/2ba - 1,220 sq ftfull basement, not finishedneeds carpet in the upstairs and paint on the whole floorshould rent $1250 - 1400 when fixed upSFH B: Tipp Hill, paid $54k, needs some work3br/1ba - 1,850 sq ftfull basement, not finishedneeds a roofneeds paint and a general refresh from a long life with the previous ownersshould rent for $900 - $1000 when fixed uplong term i plan to add a half bath on the first floor and open up the kitchen which will add some valueBuy of these are long-term buy and holds.

@Jd Martin I think you're right....or maybe I can add vents from the crawl space to the main level under the cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom to help with equalizing temps between the main house and the crawl space.

Folks I need your help with a fairly important kitchen designing dilemma:For a rather typical South Bay area SFR with a $1.2M-ish ARV, with white Shaker kitchen cabinets/stainless hardware & appliances, the color-du-jour grey "wood" flooring, similar but lighter toned walls, no wall paint in kitchen (narrow stacked stone backsplash)...............is a familiar, tried and true, "veiny" granite or a more uniformly colored quartz the more sought after countertop these days??  

New kitchens?

I would actually prefer a place where the kitchens and baths need to go, of course it must be reflected in the price, and definitely no major issues like roof or structural or anything that would need permits or contractors...

Former GC from Cal specializing in whole house, kitchen and bath remodel.

The down stairs is our main floor the bathroom and kitchen and deep sink are slow they are on the main floor and I have snaked them.

We'd do a large rehab (not gut but pretty darn close - all new kitchens, baths, moving a wall here and there, roof, facade, flooring, etc.) and are considering creating a reverse layout in the top unit so that we can keep it a legal 2 bedroom as opposed to a legal 1 + den.