They focus on safety issues, such as wood rot, water damage, and structural integrity of balconies and decks.

Many pics make the wood floor look old and in need of refinishing.

THEN THERE IS THIS:During the Way of Renaissance Man podcast interview Mendenhall told host Woods that he came to real estate after an early career coaching college basement, a grueling vocation that he said left him feeling burnt out.....Mendenhall did his coaching at University of San Francisco according to this Biography on Rad's Website.

They fight Federal attempts to remove old wood by suing.

During the renovation, I faced several challenges due to the home’s age and hidden damages, including ruptured plumbing, termite infestation, rotted wood, and lack of insulation.

In my neck of the woods you can buy houses I’m the suburbs for 150kto215k which cash flow 200/mo on 20% down.

Henry on the Teak wood and lumber aspect.. what is the growing cycle for the hardwoods to become merch ? 

That's not exactly an up and coming area -- I'd research who built them - can likely find that by going to the SG County Recorded Docs site or by seeing who pulled the permits during const -- Wichita has been on a duplex building boom -- look at the tax value -- They probably have that or less in it on the build - I also doubt they were built to be quality long term -- things such as the trim/cabinets etc -- they all look like the cheapest stuff a guy could buy - if the cabinets aren't oak and there is MDF or pine trim and pre-hung doors with engineered wood jams I'd run.  2-3 yrs ago for $180k -205 or so you could buy duplexes in Maize, Kechi, Valley center all day to builders that were selling them off to investors - not worth that in that area.

I've already renovated one of the bathrooms, and I’m planning to paint the interior, update the kitchen cabinets, possibly sand the wood floors, build a fence is a corner lot and increase the rent for the room since my tenant is currently renting the entire 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house for $800 a month.

If it is built from scratch with a full fire box, then most types of wood can be burned.