I am gathering the final list of materials for a renovation for a rental property in East Point, Ga.

hi everyone, this is my first time posting to bigger pocketsi am an airline pilot in my mid 30s and looking to create a new life for my wife and myself and our baby on the way. i have dove deep on BP and been scouring the bookstore and the podcasts and learning as much as i can about investing in real estate. we currently live in a 1b/1ba home we own, and no longer owe any debt. i bought it for $120k in 2015 with 2br/1ba, met my wife the next year, she moved in and we gutted it and rehabbed it ourselves (aside from some structural flooring stuff and the final electric and water connections) and blew the tiny bathroom out into the adjacent bedroom, making the house a 1br/1ba. we did all the framing and flooring, paint and drywall and fixtures ourselves. we plan to add an additional bedroom or two, and possibly another bathroom, in the unfinished attic at some point. i was granted a HELOC for $120,000 with my local bank after it got reappraised a month ago at $163,000. i think we spent around $25,000 on the rehab so i'm feeling pretty darn happy about the situation. obviously the covid exodus from boston and new york have pumped real estate prices but we dont really plan on selling any time soon; but possibly renting it out if i get relocated for work.i am trying to find my first investment deal, and my wife and i have narrowed down our plan to aim for a rental with cosmetic rehab and solid tenant base. we thought about house hacking. i'm not sure of where i'll be sent next with work, but i will be sent somewhere else soon. our local market (vermont) is not very landlord friendly so we are looking at long distance, self-sufficient rental as our first investment. i am leaning toward student rentals, and after searching and comparing prices and stuff we have chosen to focus on a few different college town markets in the TN, KY, WV region. i have found a property i think might fit. its a triplex with three 1br/1ba units and off street parking, split utilities, w/d in each unit, located a half block from campus. it seems in decent shape, its been on the market over 200 days, and is listed at $190,000 in a market i believe i can ask at least $750 per unit for rent, which would bring my cash flow to near $1000/mo if i used the calculator correctly.what next??

I was wondering what option would be more valuable for the res-sale of the home.Option 1: Take advantage of the long driveway and convert the two-car garage into a studio or 1bed 1 bath space. orOption 2: Keep the two car garage.I also considered finalizing the permits for the ADU space (since I will already by waiting on permits for the main home) and leaving it as a blank "ADU ready" with adequate structural, plumbing and electrical for the future buyer to complete if they wish.Thank you everyone for your opinions and I look forward to being a part of the BP community!

Then there is quality ofcourse, for any given element there is basic material with a handyman's installation, then there are various upgrades with a tradesman's installation, and finally there are premium materials with a true craftsman's installation.It all depends are you flipping a $40k home, $400k home or $4 million home.

I've only done one kitchen with them, but I shopped around for prices and was pleased with the final result. 

I am super pumped about finally posting on here! 

Plus I finally get my fishing pond.Basic decision was to take a non-liquid asset and convert to funding for our Self Storage growth. 

If someone had told me that in two years' time I would be completing my masters, be offered my dream job, live openly as a transgender man, and finally make steps towards a long-time interest in real estate investing, I would have laughed in their face. 

Finally he offered to loan me 200,000 in order to help me grow and make money at the same time.

Finally he offered to loan me 200,000 in order to help me grow and make money at the same time.