"Please come to celebrate the not uneventful remodeling of Bessie's house. Considering the complications, perhaps swim fins and a fire extinguisher would be appropriate attire" or: "It's finally complete!....help celebrate Bessie's newly remodeled digs. Fire extinguisher's will be kept handy as well as a sump pump!" I think this is one of those situations where if you didn't laugh....you would cry....so might as well laugh! Linda C

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There is no way anyone could give you an estimate of pricing as we really can’t tell what the scope of this project is. Electrical? Plumbing? Heating/cooling system? Insulation? You have what appears to be three 6 bedroom, 3 bath apartments. (Which in my opinion is just asking for trouble.) that do clearly need some renovation. Have they all been occupied recently? It doesn’t look it. Is this your first foray into landlording? My best suggestion is to go MrLandlord.com and ask your questions there. They’ve got some amazing landlords on there with tons of varied experiences. They can guide you on all sorts of ins and outs of finding and getting tenants along with rehabbing/renovating your buildings and how to tenant proof the building. If you are doing college rentals tenant proofing is extremely important. As are your processes for screening tenants and getting the money.

Don't do a Jack n' Jill bathroom. It's a pain for the users and it makes the available space harder to plan for with two doors on either side. If you're converting the tub to a shower, I'd put the shower and the toilet on the current tub wall with a pony wall between the two, and put the double vanity on the opposite wall. Put in a pocket door at the entry to save space.