@Daniel DeBruin, this is really all market dependent and how much you want to spend versus how much it will impact both the rent you can achieve as well as the quality of tenants it attracts.When it comes to design, it is all a bit personal opinion, but I will say: contiguous flooring always trumps mismatched, hodge podge flooring.  

In other words, this is cash we didn't need to spend (to pay taxes) due to our MTRs.Taken together, cash flow of 7.4%, appreciation of 5.3%, and tax benefits of 20.8% is a promising start for us.

As long as you can afford to make the repairs within the next year or so and you're not spending more than the house is worth, I would move forward with the purchase.

If you had $25k to spend (possibly up to 35-40 if I borrowed a bit), what would you be looking for?

That's a unicorn setting to step into and then extended term low rates is also something we may not see again in our lifetimes.

You can sue but you u are gonna spend just as much on legal going after the wholesaler or owner and most likely they have no money anyways so you are chasing a ghost.Unfortunately this happens and this is why you should also follow your checklist and not take shortcuts when buying a property

Go to real estate investor meetups and spend time talking with other investors than salivating at scaling without the proper foundation.

Soft currency, hard currency, it’s equivalents and commodities (natural resources)From there, For local economy cash flow (spending money where you live), you’ll probably get into real estate and local business cash flow activities and it’s deviations 

If the deal is good and the *ongoing* cash-flow numbers make sense, then it doesn't matter what you spend to get it ready.

Make sure that you spend time upfront learning how to use it correctly.