While we really need to improve our search, I was able to find a couple of members you might try reaching out to and learning from. 

I agree with the need of a furnace.Most mountain cabins have hot tubs.Emergency generators aren't cheap, but great to have during a sustained power outage.I've thought a battery backup system might be a good compromise.

One thing we do, that I recommend everyone does-- is each year-- improve their place!  

Properties that need renovations or improvements can be acquired at a discount, and the increased value can offset higher borrowing costs.2.

You have no ability to make improvements to increase the value (and benefit as the owner); you can't deduct mortgage interest on your taxes as you don't hold the mortgage; and you can't own it while the value rises over time.

Further, while bringing the estate from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability, he invested all cash flow into improving the estate and diverted no funds to increasing his personal wealth.  

Also, I have heard success stories of folks finding good contractors at the home improvement stores early in the AM.

We've been honing in on a pretty good development/investment formula that is working for us where we buy an existing single or multi-family house that can be improved or easily split into smaller units, and then we also add small new construction units to the property (townhomes or duplexes or cottages) and, generally, we rent them all out (though we have sold a couple of single family rehabs and we may sell the units in our next big project...

The key tool to use is to develop a checklist on each location and keep improving on it.

The flooring retailer is the latest in a growing list of companies forced to shut down due to changing market conditions, rising competition, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.The company’s financial struggles began after the pandemic-fueled home improvement boom fizzled out.