I met a guy who wants to charge me $1500 for durrock, tile all the way to the ceiling, grout, tub, screws, and diverter.

Going in and doing improvements like carpet, paint new ceiling fans could be another matter.If a lender accepts a quit claim deed then they own the property as if they purchased it.

Put a dishwasher in.If you can find cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling, that's what I would choose.

Tore out some of the walls, the kitchen, a bathroom and some ceilings.

(Maybe I should move up to semi-gloss, as was mentioned above)Also, I use Zinser primer on ceilings.

My architectural style is a newer roof, a dry ceiling and dry floors.

There are holes in the sheetrock and ceiling, some doors have been broken, the AC condensor, blower motor, and breaker box all stripped bare so obviously I don't want to jump in with a significant balance outstanding on the house.What I have been able to determine: the previous owner had been there 15 years and I'm guessing I will owe most or all of the 2011 taxes (about $2.5 K)My rehab estimates are around $12K, taxable value is at 70K (with homestead exepmtion), recent flips (same nighborhood) have sold for 80-90K.

I like to take my shower tile all the way to the ceiling, but thats just me.

Over the 15-20 houses that we've done this for, we've only had one major issue: a roof, fascia and gutter replacement was screwed up, and during a major storm, water got behind the gutters and fascia board, into the house and ruined the kitchen ceiling and one of the kitchen walls.

Ceilings were white, so we had to cut in ceilings and trim, but we also had a sprayer.