I have used my friend and contractor Adrian Hernandez to redo all of my floors and completely remodel my kitchen.

Hi BP,A friend is looking for a contractor for a bath and kitchen renovation in Paicenes, California.It's a mountain property, about 10 minutes down a dirt road from the main road.

Yours is a bit less, but your looking at doing 4 baths (likely $5k each), two kitchens (likely $10k each), flooring, paint ect.  

Then you can't rent them anymore and are forced to remove the kitchens and stuff.

I'll be doing repairs to both homes (paint, flooring, some kitchen/bath work), so the write offs/depreciation from those might offset any "gains" in qualifying income realized by using schedule E... am I right there?

I wasn't going to move the extra kitchen.

The biggest concern i have is kitchen sinks drains slowly under the house found alot of outdated cast iron drain pipes.

Option 1: There is a bonus room in the house behind the kitchen with a .5 ba attached.

Maintenance and cap expense is sometimes forecast as a percentage of the rent but it is much more a function of things like number of kitchens and bathrooms, square footage, quality of tenant, etc.

I ask a ton of questions, but only those that pertain to the "big ticket" items.FoundationRoofHVACPlumbing (Drains & Water Heater)Electrical IssuesMold Issues in bathroom/kitchens or anywhere elseIn my line of business, I would risk losing deals, waiting to schedule time to visit the property, before an offer.