The order in which you renovate a property

[Jeff Libby]

What is the first order of business when renovating a property? Do you plan everything out, work on one room at a time, or group it into type of work (all floors first, then walls next, etc)? 

My thoughts are that you should do flooring before anything else if you're just updating the property cosmetically but that's just my guess...

[J Scott]

Originally posted by @David C.:

Not to give Bigger Pockets a plug, but there book estimating rehab costs is a great place to start when you don't know where to. 

 Disclaimer:  I'm author of that book...

I posted a graphic in this thread that indicates the detailed order in which I approach renovations...it might help:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/8975...