The pergo is a good brand . most of the steps if they are stain grade you can stain them to match the flooring if not get the same material and the nosing and install it to match.

I have actually partnered up with a good friend of mine who worked construction for 12 years so I'm just having him evaluate rehab cost.If you don't know any contractors what you can do is go to your local Home Depot and take notes on prices of raw materials.

The rules are simple, you might spend 20% more on materials to get the incentive, say a few dollars more for a gas tankless water heater - a $900 rebate, or a few dollars more to get to a certain standard, $450 rebate. 

I first became intrested in it after reading books like "Think and grow Rich","Laws Of Success" (By Napolean Hill )  the Magic of Thinking Big and other self help material ( Earl Nighting Gale etc, )  I began to understand by having a positive mental attitude, you could accomplish anything.  

The micro market got soft there was a bunch of rental homes owned by the last builder who had to hold in 09... and this spring they put them on the market causing downward pricing.. along with subs and materials creep up led to a break even scenario..

In taking licensing courses in California and Texas, I have found most of the educational materials to be of low quality.

What I learned from looking at those properties regarding the kitchen and materials is invaluable to me and I can now do better on what I need to do for my remodel.Good luck to you!

I'm putting together some promotional material over the next week or two and I'd be happy to send them over to you when I'm done.

I have already listened to some of the podcasts and read some of your messages/blogs and have found the material and content extremely helpful.

I don't know if I am not finding the right people to sub out to we are about an hour from Dallas and where we are finding deals crews don't want to come out and work. but in Colorado I knew other investors that were getting houses fixed for what we were buying materials for granted it was night and day in comparison of quality.