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.

So it’ll either be drive 2 hrs or pay handyman $150 to unclog simple kitchen sink, free up disposal, tweak front door lock, fix a loose tile, or any of a number of small things that can, and will, go wrong.

It is 2 bed 2.5 bath and has already been updated with granite in kitchen and half bath and composite wood floors and tile throughout main living areas.

Look around at other rentals in the area, see what level of finishes would get you the best bang for the buck (such as is there a big difference in rents if you do solid countertops/stainless appliances/tile floors/etc or is there a minimal difference between that and a good looking laminate/white or black appliances/vinyl floors/etc).

(If you like the post make sure to hit the VOTE button so I know I am not just doing this to keep myself busy:) )Anyway, rehab costs of the interior of a unit range between about $3000 for Carpet & paint, cabinet refinishing and new Formica counter tops.You can easily take it to over 10K if you want to put in tile, replace all cabinets, add stainless appliances, square decora switches and plugs, put in granite counter tops and rebuild the kitchen fluorescent tube box into recessed lighting and put in a new bathroom. 

These is a large number of businesses in the area that support the wine industry in Napa, some of the largest beverage packaging suppliers in the world have facilities in Fairfield.