I read a book called The Not So Big House about 10ish years ago when I was remodeling my own house and one of the things the author talked about was huge entries and how they make houses feel.

My background is in all finance, though I have been remodeling units mostly myself to learn a bit of the building/construction side of things.

Subway tiles in shower surround material cost 350$ -Floor tiles 300$ - Purely Cosmetic.I worked in the construction/ new construction/ remodeling field for 6 years shadowing my uncle.

Brent has a crew, a warehouse, gobs of tools, and a steady stream of people calling for rentals, work done at their rentals, and people dropping off cabinets, toilets etc (warehouse is next to recycling center... sweet huh?).

After we get this house and Apartment (detached 1bd over the shop at the back of the property) renovated, we will do a cash out refi and then I'll be going full time on my own as a remodeler/flipper/GC.

The subfloor is a living area of approximately 5,000 square ft. that includes five bedrooms, kitchen, office, storage area, recreation area and toilet facilities. http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucdsclnk?

On the right side of the bath is the toilet sink and a small stall shower.Since the main bedroom's closet backs to the bath wall and is only about 4 feet wide, would it be more benefical for re-sale to enlarge the main bedroom's closet by utilizing the space the stall shower takes up(inside shower is about 26"x26") and making the tub a tub/shower combination or is it more important to keep the small stall shower so the bathroom has both a tub and seperate shower.If the closet was enlarged we would put double doors in to the closet and tile the alcove around the tub if it were turned into a tub/shower combination.

Simply knowing how to lift the flush valve, allowing the continually running water to drain INTO the toilet could have prevented the damage.

(New lowflow toilets in all, and all freshly glazed tile, new vinyl tile, frshly glazed tub.)

Lately, I have seen 7caps and 8caps on older multifamily properties that were recently remodeled located around the Paseo and OCU, and 10caps on similar properties that were not recently remodeled.