But now that I think of it, would I be better served building a wooden deck over top of the concrete and hiding it?

I need new bathrooms, and a new kitchen, no appliances, apoxy garage floor, termite and a coated deck around 800 sqft and landscape cleanup.

I called several lenders and one was 75% LTV, one was extremely slow so I pulled the application, and another was 80% (who I went with).The refinanced property had everything practically new (wiring, plumbing, kitchens, bathrooms, decks, etc.) with few items less than 5 years old (roof, siding, furnaces/AC), but the windows were 10 years old. 

Buy a home and fix it up while living in it, then sell it after the 2 year mark.Can I purchase the home through my LLC, write off (taxes) the material costs of upgrading and possibly adding a deck etc, and then end up ultimately selling it?

I live 40 miles away, so I called the owner of the biggest plumbing co in the city and he and 2 techs drpped everything to get to the property within 10 minutes of my call.I had put a garage outdoor access remote on the outside of the house.. they couldn't get in thru that because THE POWER WAS NOW OFF.Luckily i had put a coded door knob on the kitchen door that opens to the deck-- i gave them the code and they were inside instantly.The water heater was STILL SPEWING WATER full blast in a stream so strong it was hitting the second story ceiling and hitting the ELECTRICAL PANEL also located in the garage and that's what had knocked out the power .The plumbers immediately turned off the inside water main cutoffand sent me photos of the EMERGENCY SITUATION the pm so calmly let me know about by email an hour earlier.i fired the pm co that instant and got on the phone to start farm (my rental policy ins co) whiledriving an hour to the property.i also called the city's best WATER EMERGENCY REMEDIATION COMpany while en route.When i got there, the water was turned off ( finally)the drywall ceiling had fallen in, the light fixtures destroyed, the garage door open case was HALF FULL OF WATER and there were 1000s of mold blooms on every surface and hundreds of stacks of spiky growing black mold (looked like iron fiilings we used to play with in that game we all had as kids where u use a magnet and drag the iron filings around to put hair and a mustache on the bald guy cartoon photo) the mold spikes were 1.5" tall on the woot railings and stairs going into the house, on all of my beautiful built in wooden garage shelves--- what a mess-- like the streets of Beirut after the bombs went offand I don't have allergies -- but i could not even STAND inside the garage because the WET MOLD MILDEW SMELL was so strong it instantly gagged me and gave me a headache and i couldn't breathe.So here Ewe are on Jan 17 and now i know that the BEST rental dwelling policy dies NOT COVER MOLD REMEDIATION AT ALL ( so far $14,000) but it does cover water damage with a $2500 deductible...

Some mocked up info on the property, located at 5 Arnold ave in Somerville MA Top floor, renovated, open concept Off-Street Parking Private rear deck overlooking large shared yard Private laundry and storage in basement (half of basement) Low condo fee: $120Deep condo reserves and 100% owner occupied (financing is easy) Very bright and sunny unitGreat sized bedroom with bonus office/sunroom Open concept with well-defined spaces for living, kitchen, diningCertified Deleaded (no worries if you have a kid someday) Have folks done FSBO before?

This property has been well maintained and had a new roof put on four years ago.The biggest repairs I see are possible electrical update in one building and some Decks that need replacing on the outside.I see value ad because of the low rents and could possibly add covered parking or storage to increase the NOI.

Mine has 1.5 and more square footage if you count the carport, front porch and back, screened in deck.

I have never hired a contractor before.The property needs to have the deck redone, foundation repaired (pier and beam), 2 bathrooms gutted and redone, removing some linoleum flooring and replacing with matching hardwood, possible HVAC installation.

Or could build out a deck more (pressure treated wood) to use up some of the space