We'll put an ornate bureau in there and top it with a vase of flowers for sale.- Make wall separating dining room into kitchen a half wall.- Install 12" (like upper cabinets) as base cabinets along this wall.

Your mosture is behind your wall.

Whatever your challenge, take a step back from that wall and evaluate the entire situation.

Opening walls gets expensive. 

Just to give you an Idea on some numbers , I am doing a 2100 sq ft house , class A neighborhood ,  clean out , removing some walls to go open floor plan , minor electric , some mid level replumbing , full custom paint , new kitchen , new bathrooms ( 2.5 ) , new windows , refinish hardwood upstairs , Vinyl plank downstairs . 

Nothing more satisfying than knocking down a wall I say.

Lots of really great accountants here work with larger investors because they are so good and charge really high fees (which they deserve).

Quote from @Jaron Walling: @Mathew Morford I grew up in rural Indiana near Kokomo.

.: Quote from @Jaron Walling: Google search "My 4 AM morning routine". 

- should the ceiling and walls in the unit below be mold tested and who should pay for thatthanks for any tips / advice !