.$4500 in DIY renovations estimated: drywall repairs for small mold & water spots; painting interior; ripping up carpet & installing hardwood laminate; ripping up vinyl & installing tile; replacing oven/stove, refrigerator, & dishwasher.

I use granite for counters because it's almost as cheap as linoleum and it lasts forever, I have been doing tile and 50 year laminate floors everywhere but the bedrooms, they get carpet.

Demo, Framing, plumbing, drywall, tile, finish work, re-finishing hardwood floors, complete bath gut, adding additional full bath, kitchen gut, landscaping, staging all done by yours truly.

We did all the work ourselves, tile, paint, new cabinets and countertops.

Most small independent lumber yards and building material suppliers are sitting out as the market is too volatile for them to play in.

I have done household electrical work, plumbing, tile, jacking up a house to level it out, HVAC, water heaters, and I am even confident for most structural changes when it comes to taking out a wall or adding onto a current house.

In Las Vegas I was blessed with 1-10 year old properties with stucco siding, tile roofs, no weather issues, no income tax, very low property tax and very cheap insurance rates.

For long lasting materials for SFR, then for first level homes for flooring use tile.

I have seen large dogs scratch ceramic tile with their nails - just from innocently playing.

I do all of my own repairs plumbing, painting ,mason work, landscaping, sheet rock, tile work.