The cement patio had separated from the same type of brick wall you have.

So many of them appear to also be plastic painted to look like metal.Anyone gone through something similar and happy w/what you installed?

I paid $3000 on a change order for something similar (covered patio on a house I was flipping) that in hindsight should only have costed half as much.

The person who owned the house previously (and apparently tried to flip it.....I think.....) used that very thin, plastic coated panel board for the ceiling.

My favorite home is actually across the street from a bunch of Section 8 housing units and you regularly see the tenants walking around and just hanging out on the steps and on the patio.

I would rather build the ground up higher and have a poured cement patio.

In NC, the following definition applies to common elements:"Common elements" means any real estate within a planned community owned or leased by the association, other than a lot.So  unless owned by the association and leased, then no they may not.Earlier in the by-laws, limited common elements are defined:"All decks, patios and balconies, utilities within each unit, furnaces and any air conditioning, appliances, unit windows and doors, unit floor coverings, all interior sheetrock and wall coverings, shall be deemed limited common elements."

Buyer:-27 Years Old-Pharmacists-First Time Home BuyerProperty: -2 Bedroom 1.5 Bath Single Family House in Trinidad-Emerging Market-Back Patio-Purchase Price: $465,000I found this deal off market for my client from another agent that I knew that had it as a pocket listing.  

The area doesn't look that complected.They will probably just tent off the room with plastic and remediate it.Maybe send a pic to a few remediators and get some bids, it might not be as much as you fear.

I plugged in these rough numbers to the Rental Property Calculator here and the cash flow looked decent.I'd be looking to get a line of credit for the renovation budget and then do a cash-out refinance after 6 months.Renovation breakdown from realtorGarage - i would say put in anchor wall system and new membrane roof and new window altogether I'm thinking $4kYou'll want to tear down the plaster walls in the rooms upstairs and put up drywall: $6kYou'll probably want a new kitchen: $8k flooring appliances and cupboardsTear down of back garage and patio: $4kNew flooring and paint throughout: $5kbringing things up to code: $8kish?