I just opened my wallet and all I have left is $25 to my name.

I painted the closet doors and installed new hardware also.

Other replacements and makeovers (new flooring for the new bedroom ~ 120 sq ft, new doors + hardware, lots of paint, framings)4.

We renovated the upstairs bathroom and made fixture and hardware changes throughout the house.

The PMI can average between 0.5 and 1.5 percent of the loan amount on an annual basis, so it can hurt your wallet.

My belief is if people are still just using the old hardware store 'for rent' signs and not advertising there may be some value there as they are probably older landlords with properties with a lot of equity built up in them. and also more than likely they are low on rents so the biggest value add can be buying them where the numbers work at current rents and increase rent to market rate when you are able to. 

Sharpening a blade costs around $10 at a hardware store.

Simple ways to elevate the hardware are to use knobs for the doors and nice modern pulls for the drawers.

I went to home depot about 10-15 times a week to get hardware items to do finishing touches on my 1st airbnb unit.

For other work, its really word of mouth, recommendations from others like the realtor and the building inspector and the local hardware store.