So the main sewer lines were made of cast iron and in some cases clay material, which can allow roots to intersect the pipe and cause major problems. 

I spent a lot of hours finding the right contractor, turning in bids at the Home Depot ProDesk, and running to lumber liquidators to get Brian the best deal on materials and renovation costs.

I did just this in my two flat, it cost me around $150k to rezone, dig down, upgrade everything plus fee after fee after fee and materials after materials.

I prefer to have my rentals look great when they move in, I provide them cleaning materials on their way out to help. 

the key is to use your time under contract to source materials and contractors.

As an example I did flooring and paint but it included removing a carpet like material from the kitchen and bathroom floor and replacing that with linoleum.

Who is paying for materials? 

We put every material cost on that card and after our big project was done we celebrated with 4 round trip tickets to Orlando and 4 round trip tickets to Las Vegas all on points!

Hi Porsha,You should get a few contractor bids in person to really know the price, or else it's a big gamble.You should also know how to specify what you want done, because paint a kitchen can be done with any number of different materials and many different types of prep work. 

Shout out to Cox hardware in Texas where we got over 1200 board feet of wood siding to match the original materials we salvaged.