@Luis Cerwin as others have stated, Nov - Jan is the worst time of year to have a vacancy.Majority of tenants live paycheck-to-paycheck, so all their income goes to Holiday spending starting with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then xmas, then NYE.January is also historically the worst month for rent payments due to Holiday Hangover Spending.

If it is a high-end project, I would spend on an actual lIcensed designer.

It’s better to spend a little now than risk costly mistakes later.

It can make leasing a bit harder since you will have more vacancy when those come do but it will all be in peak season.With respect to the hiring decision, you would need to hire someone to replace you (perform the same functions you currently perform) so that you continue to work up the ladder (spending more time on higher value tasks).  

He can spend the next few years-ish getting a finance degree through an online school while working part time, but he just got offered a full time position helping with sales for a local wholesale real estate company. 

We discuss spending, net worth, and future investing goals with the cash.

We also allow users to amend a post at any time with additional information.We have no plans to change how the forums work as it pertains to the deletion of posts.

There are lenders out there spending a ton on advertising with an army of correspondent's funneling them loans and many can very well be one and done borrowers because the loan servicing/construction admin is lousy. 

In the future, I plan to have more rentals but more interested in out-of-state investing than in state so I currently only have the one rental.

@Hector Haro spend some money and get Appfolio.