I would love to get a property in the NW DC that is run down, add additional floors and then make it an apartment building.

Looking to STR top floor lofts and furnish 10 units as MTR.

Hi BP community, My tenant, who lives in a two-story, newer construction SFH complained of a water leakage in the bottom floor kitchen ceiling (through the LED lights).

A cash-flowing, large lot, alley loaded duplex that needed a new roof, painted and new floors.

Focus on smaller single-family homes, condos with low HOA fees, or multi-family properties in these regions, and build a reliable local team of agents, property managers, and other professionals to ensure a smooth investing experience.

I have 10 condos, each worth about 35k.

Sounds like you would need to take advantage of a 'kiddie condo' loan as a primary residence. 

I recently bought a commercial condo (retail) and have been going through hoops with the seller (developer) to make changes to make the space ADA compliant. 

No, he's not an architect, he drew all designs, floor plan, site plan, etc, and we had a structural engineer design his part, and paid an architect to sign off on them.  

I'm on Maui where if you are looking at STRs, you're going to be looking at condos.