My current house is a manufactured home and still has original kitchen, bathrooms and 2 of the 3 rooms have not been touched.

My capex budget includes roof 25 year life span, floors 10 year life span, appliances and hot water heater 12 year life span, hvac 20 year life span, bath and kitchen remodel 20 year life span.

Instead of buying dirt this is what he used to fill in the egress window hole and then proceeded to spread it across the whole backyard. 

Rehabbed the kitchen: tore out all upper cabinets, cleaned up some mold, repainted the walls/scraped the popcorn ceiling, put in faux shiplap (8in plywood strips), hung up open shelves, installed new light fixtures, painted inside and outside of under the counter cabinets (dark Blue), replaced drawers, added new stainless steel cabinet/drawer handles, tore down non-load bearing wall, replaced tiles, re-routed light switch, and painted window panes.

Remodeled the kitchen and opened up the kitchen to the living room by removing a non-load bearing wall.

I see most people mention laminate floors in replace of carpet, fresh interior paint, bathroom vanity's, and updating the kitchen.  

That means the last things to worry about are paint and "nice" features (though not to say they are not important), and the first things to worry about are foundations, wirings, plumbing, windows, roofs, concrete, structural issues, over-grown yards, etc. 

We just spent 10 days doing our typical "Spring upkeep"We sanded down solid wood kitchen cabinets, primed and painted them.Had a bulb burned out under the microwave.Fixed some screens on the screened back porch.Touched up some paint on the dock.Cleaned out flower beds.Steam Cleaned CarpetsFixed a bedroom door that wasn't latching properlyEtc.For those of you using a PM:Does you PM regular inspect to catch small things like a microwave light burned out?

They won’t be expecting the same money as their neighbors with the shiny new kitchen and fresh paint.

We also like to buy most of the windows/doors/mechanicals etc to avoid the 20-25% they scoop.So far it's worked for us, as they will move on to other projects before yours is complete so they definitely need an incentive to finish ON-TIME & on-budget !!!