At FlipSystem, most of our students start off by falling between those two categories: they want to be more than passive investors, but they do not have the knowledge or skillset to rely solely on real estate investing as their only source of income.

You could likely break things down further, but at the end of the day, your broad categories are covering it.  

It has 24 categories and nearly 500 common repair items and prices that you can use to help you estimate costs, see link below:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

I am not necessarily a retail investor, but I work heavily in the retail category. 

My biggest concern though with the Townhomes was about if they have challenges with renting out or if comps are done for similar br/ba/sqft or if the actual townhome “neighborhood” has more weight than it may for SFH when doing analysis.

Other examples which fall under this second category is adding storage units on the property or leasing space to a utility company for solar panel farming or other similar uses.

Curious, do you fall in the “happy neighbor” category?

Check the sex offenders list, require two years of consent employment, don’t pull credit scores, do run a drivers records check, do run a state background check through your state police and do a local county courts check, list each category on your application and have them initial and sign along with a witness of a notary. 9.

Metal roofs are very light compared to shingles so if there's only one layer, weight isn't an issue.

While getting a template (likely from another state) may make you feel good, when the time comes for you to enforce the agreement and it does not hold weight will not be worth the savings.