Get J.Scotts book on rehab costs, time lines, and order of doing projects.The order is cruial on some of the key components.

Hotels have two components...a real estate component and a business component.

Sometimes the failure has nothing to do with any components within the heating system itself; I had a failure caused by an empty plastic grocery bag getting sucked into the opening on the air intake on a furnace on a windy day - no air for combustion causes unit to not fire up.

I recommend filing regardless.James, That requirement can be a detriment.

The two main premature killers of furnace components are poor installs and a lack of maintenance.

deal #1: PRIVATE MONEY to acquire the property + My own cash to renovate it (only spent $7K in repairs)deal #2: PRIVATE MONEYdeal #3: PRIVATE MONEYdeal #4: PRIVATE MONEY + use my credit card to Stage & market the property (spent $2K)deal #5: PRIVATE MONEYLesson: private money is a crucial component of a rehabber's funding strategy.

Look at the age of the roof and other components.

I doubt you could predict failure of a structural component within a year.What I can see is a product in the making to sell to small RE investors convincing them they can rely on a computer system to build a maintenance plan on and save money using it.Some things can be predicted with relevant data, you don't have relevant data.Data mining from key words is older than most probably think.

Paint hides every flaw.Ikea is stylish and up to date, and the components do go together.

It would most likely not be my only type of real estate investment, but nonetheless, and important component.