I don't put carpeting in my rentals so unless you have a chewer eating cabinets, doors or trim I think its pretty safe and opens up your tenant pool.

Listen to Brandon Turner's podcasts where he tells how many hundreds of $Thousands he lost when he first started and didn't know how to do it right without losses.So wanting to do it tends to take precedence over learning how to do it first.  

Your best bet is to pay an attorney who specializes in Oakland evictions a few hundred dollars for an hour of their time, and strategize the best way to get them out.It could be as simple as providing a 60 day notice to vacate. 

get rid of disposal and call it a day. the old one probably was showing signs of going bad and a disposal isn't needed as much unless you also have a dishwasher.. if so replace and inform about foreign objects.. it happens.. better it wrecked than sprung a leak and damaged cabinets or flooring so call yourself lucky 

I believe it is.If a house is in such a horrible neigbourhood that it doesnt justify an extra 300-500 dollars for a fridge, I then rather question if the house is even worth flipping.You are competing with all the other houses on the market.Take our flip from last yearhttps://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9-Princess-Pine...We bought it for 64.5K.We were going to list it for 250K but because of our awesome finishes we decided to list it for 299KWe sold it for 335Khttps://www.trulia.com/p/ct/clinton/9-princess-pin...People think it is the expensive stuff (expensive granite or fancy cabinets) that sells a house.Wrong!

All new windows (some larger, some removed), new floors and paint, removing a few walls that aren't structural, two net baths, making a basement into a room, closing off another room by extending the floor a little and adding a very small piece of wall, adding a swamp cooler, new water heater, vapor barrier, replacing kitchen cabinets, adding tub in one of the bathrooms, moving toilet bowls a little, adding a larger deck, etc etc

.— (a) There shall be exempt from forced sale under process of any court, and no judgment, decree or execution shall be a lien thereon, except for the payment of taxes and assessments thereon, obligations contracted for the purchase, improvement or repair thereof, or obligations contracted for house, field or other labor performed on the realty, the following property owned by a natural person: (1) a homestead, if located outside a municipality, to the extent of one hundred sixty acres of contiguous land and improvements thereon, which shall not be reduced without the owner’s consent by reason of subsequent inclusion in a municipality; or if located within a municipality, to the extent of one-half acre of contiguous land, upon which the exemption shall be limited to the residence of the owner or the owner’s family;Florida statutes provides:(1)(a) A person who, on January 1, has the legal title or beneficial title in equity to real property in this state and who in good faith makes the property his or her permanent residence or the permanent residence of another or others legally or naturally dependent upon him or her, is entitled to an exemption from all taxation, except for assessments for special benefits, up to the assessed valuation of $25,000 on the residence and contiguous real property, as defined in s. 6, Art.

The cabinets are wood, the floors are wood and a lot of the walls are wood (vertical).  

I don't know how much all the due diligence costs, but it shouldn't have been more than a few hundred dollars for inspections and appraisals.

Some people get catastrophic care for just a few hundred bucks a month with a higher deductible.