From your side, I would be laying all my cards on the table, and if it goes south, at least you can say you were up front and honest.

The real answer to your question is take a look at the properties in your area that are selling for more than you believe your house is worth today and see if there are patters such as: square footage, price per square foot, bathroom tile, floor plans, paint colors, deferred maintenance, etc. and then see of those factors, which you can have any influence on with your current house and financial condition.

I spend around 2k a unit for upgrades which include new vanity, replace toilet wax ring and guts, paint bathroom, replace shower/showerheads with low flow water saving ones, paint or stain kitchen cabinets, new laminate counters, tile back splash, paint entire unit a nice neutral gray, and paint all trim white.

My partner and I plan to do some of the work ourselves (painting, laying kitchen tile, etc), but will need experts for many projects. 

I buy nice little fixers In SE Portland with Hard Money and do the full rehab with Granite kitchens, tile, etc...  

Might think about tile instead of carpet.

You're working on a 30% margin and have about 15% in hard costs so when you pay extra points on money costs you dont have much room for error on those smaller ones.Might could find a private lender, you'd be surprised how many people have that kind of money laying around in cash equivalent assets.Bank isn't really an option unless you are using other collateral like a HELOC on your home's equity or something.I haven't tried ground floor or any of the other crowd funding platforms, but there's an ad for it on my screen as I'm typing this and my understanding is they've come a long way since I talked to them at launch.

Hi,I need someone to install tiles in my condo and was wondering if i can get any recommendations?

You might consider finding an experienced street retailer and doing a joint venture as a way to begin the process as an alternative to laying out considerable money for the experts you would need if you plan to go it alone.

He said he'd just demo tile around tub.