what upgrades are worth buying on townhouse or SF home. planning to live there for 4-5 yrs and later move into bigger house. will rent or sale this property at that time. house is in MD.

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You always recover the largest percentage of upgrade costs on kitchen and bath. For rental property, cheap upgrades like stainless appliances, painting old cabinets, and putting down granite are all easier than a 100% teardown and rebuild of the kitchen. If you don’t want to totally gut a bath, put in modern, low water use, comfort height toilets, and modern looking faucets.

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Agree. Kitchen and bath. Put expensive counter tops Quartz. USP

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