But without the proper education it's pretty much a waste of time. 

How do you balance growth and liquidity?

We are Canadians and we invest in Detroit  with proper caution it is a great investment location and we are more the willing to share what we do with anyone who wants to chat

Also your host is most likely network solutions and supported by Cloudflare for load balancing and and DDoS attacks"I will be happy to connect so they can get your website well designed, optimized and updated.Let me know if that works

Typically play to balance fresh design with budget is to source new doors and paint the boxes to match.  

Husband and I are researching which strategy would be best for us to get into our first investment property--whether that be renting our current SFH and moving to a new primary family home, or purchasing another proper to rent or flip. 

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

Alternatively, if you're wanting to do something more aggressive, you could consider a balanced fund, such as Vanguard's LifeStrategy Income Fund (VASIX), which is 20% Stocks / 80% Bonds.

Do a normal move out inspection and return the balance of the deposit (minus any repairs).

How hard would it be to put in a proper sized window?