Seems you might be able to grab a bit more appreciation if you could move into the 3/2 style homes.My feel is the 2nd bath is critical for home owners but renters aren't accustomed to that luxury and therefore it's tough to get enough of a rent boost to justify the increased purchase expenditure... curious what your market says.

This is a critical point -- don't miss it -- unless dropping french fries into hot oil at McDonald's sounds like a good time.As long as your investment cash flows you've got income each month and then you can afford to wait for property values to turn around and ride the wave of appreciation up to the top.

This is why it is critical to make sure your numbers are solid.

Probably the other key factor is job growth, particularly in today's economic times, it's critical to driving housing demand; the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the place to find data to compare city to city and state to state.

Please offer any insight/criticism that you deem helpful!

It is ok if it changes over time, but having one is critical.

:)I think you have to look at each part of the rehab critically to see where you doing work adds value and where finding the right sub at a good price makes more sense.In the case of the granite that seems like a big enough savings for a short time commitment that I'd say you should do it.

Please don't be critical of my question and I thank you for your feedback.  

Education is critical and it goes beyond just real estate flipping and wholesaling courses.

To better answer your question, it's critical to better understand what you are looking for.Are you interested in dealing with deferred maintenance long distance?