As @John Warren mentioned, the biggest culprit is usually old toilets that constantly flush/run.

@John Underwood I’m a real estate investor.

Yea I was thinking the same thing @John Underwood said...

John - I like   scenarios  1 and  5 ......what you might want to do is to get the heloc  in place for  as  high an amount as  possible   as this  will  give you the  funds  to  do the remodeling  you desire  plus  provide  extra  funds  for  possible  down payment  funds  if you decide to buy  you  dont pay interest  on the heloc unless its pulled out fyi - the heloc lenders  are  going up to a 90% combined loan value in most cases  fyi - if you  decide to buy another  rental property - the min down payment for  SFR  is  15%  of the purchase  price 

@John Mocker @Zachary Cummings thanks for the advice guys!

Like @John Warrens guy he's not the cheapest, but you totally get what you pay for and need to make sure that type of stuff is done right.I'd also agree with @Eudith Vacio things always seems worse off than they really are.......especially the first time through the process. 

Quote from @John Norman: Quote from @Dean Dutro: Hi Biggerpockets! 

@John Gach - I actually didn't even think about that to you and the others mentioned.

Originally posted by @John Anderson:For those of you who are not flippers, but rather ordinary W-2 folks who are trying to househack or build wealth through RE, how do you estimate how much money it will cost you to fix up a home?

@Nitin John AbrahamI own a property in Terre Haute, looking to expand more in the future.