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Questions: Luxury vinyl and kitchen upgrade

Li Kia
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hi All, I would love some input. My tenant will move out in 2 weeks. I am thinking about  replacing the floor for the common areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and private hallways for my rental in a nice neighborhood. The floor guy suggested me using luxury vinyl (I think also called SPC) for all these areas. Is it ok to have vinyl planks in bathrooms?  
The entry hallway (left to living room, straight to kitchen, right to private hallway leading to bedrooms and bathrooms) has tiles - same tiles as the ones in the  kitchen.  he suggested to leave it since it is a high traffic area. Should I replace tiles with the luxury vinyl to look nicer (extra $1k to remove the tiles for such a small area, and vinyl would not be durable) or leave the tiles?

My kitchen is in pretty good condition, but has telecom ter top. Should I replace the cabinets and install slabs? I was told my unit was dated. Is it worth it to upgrade it? Expensive to remodel a kitchen! 

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Joe Homs
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Joe Homs
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@Li Kia what's wrong with everything there now?  Are you able to get substantially more rent with these upgrades?  If you can recoup your upgrade costs within a year, go for it.  If not I would pass and rent it as is (if in good rentable condition.)

I only go into a full rehab when I am ready to sell the home.  It sells much quicker and for a higher value.

Good Investing..

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