I'm a little thick, but I think you're saying you prefer to use a larger down payment (40-60%?)

They also found a piece of thick copper wire on the living room floor shaped like a C. 

@Garrett GahnWell, you've got something that a lot of people starting in this business don't have: the honesty to admit that getting to a realistic ARV is not easy.There is very much a giant pool of thick swirling BS around the concept of ARV in real estate investing.

Both smelled terribly and the back unit had a thick smoke coloring and smell.Cleaned, Kilz, painted to get rid of the smoke.

Something else to throw in- as you're looking at various products be sure to look at the thickness of the "wear layer".

Based on how the building was built, apparently the CMU was only 4 inches thick and it's causing a lot of problems we have now with the face brick bulging and separating from the rest of the building- long story short this repair will cost at least $200K for the building, split roughly across 6 owners.

A big thank you to my wife Kelli Schwab who has been by my side through the thick and the thin, couldn’t of done this without your love and support.

if it is less than 4-5 inches thick, I guess you wont need it?

@Ryan Copeland According to Home Depot It's 3.8mm thick plank and 4mil wear layer (cheap price, thin wear layer). 

have to have thick skin..