For carpet we ask them to go to our vendor, pick one of the three pre-selected patterns and then schedule an appointment.

Currently the countertops are in good condition, albeit old style white tile.

The master bedroom already has dark color floors. 3.What about the tile floors?

very light rehab just cosmetics, paint job, bathroom tiles, wood floor.

All they ask is for tile floor and the other side they dont live on has tile so everything works out perfect. 

(laminate, tile and the like I'm all comfortable with), so I would need assist/contractor for part of this. 

It comes with 90 year old asbestos tile roof, single pan windows, and out dated electrical.

The scope of the rehab: All New Interior Paint Some Exterior PaintNew Floors in the Master Bedroom New Stainless Steel Appliances Painted Kitchen Cabinets and Added New Hardware Tore Some Kitchen Cabinets Out and Added Floating Shelves New Light Fixtures All New Sod in the Backyard New Privacy Fence Interior Drain Tile and 3 Support Beams Added to a Basement Wall Epoxy Painted the Basement Concrete FloorNEW HVAC System Framed the Whole Basement Out and Hung Drywall - Mud, Taped, Sanded, And Painted All in all the live in rehab took 6.5 months The numbers:Bought: $125kRehab: $11k (1/3 of that was the new HVAC system) Appraisal: $168k I was happy with the refinance appraisal number I gotI am able to refinance out of the PMI, lower my interest rate, and lower my monthly payment I forced about 30k in equity I did not do a "cash out refinance" as I wanted to live my equity in the home and pull out a HELOC in a few months to allow for a purchase of another property or a "rehab fund." 

moral of the story when buying a home with a drop ceiling, get on a ladder and look under those tiles, see what you have in there...

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