The "ultra premium" latex paints sold at Home Depot or Lowes come pretty close but cost about 10/gal more than the oil based paint.

My friends have a sibling that is a real estate agent that will help find good deals and also a sibling that owns a company that sells granite/wood for flooring and counter tops that will give us good discounts.

I would've painted the walls grey and painted the wood work white, it looks kind of dark and small. 

The stairs are standard wood stairs and the wood is stained from food traffic.

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Clear all the debris, take tree out close to house and build a wood deck over pouring concrete. 

I have tiled over the existing tiles on the shower floor without issue...knock on wood.  

Build in 1930, he said the only thing that's good is the wood structure and the foundation.  3 BR/1 Bath, 996 sq/ft, lot size 9,600.

I am looking for suggestions from the BP community.The house has wood siding with vertical lines (T1-11) that is a bad color.

If you know you'll hold it shorter term, don't pay a premium for a long term loan and focus on an adjustable.If you are confident in having a short time frame to hold, you might consider a loan with significant negative points, resulting in a sizable cash bonus covering not only the closing costs but giving you some cash back from the lender (or pay down your balance a bit), in exchange for a higher interest rate.