Can I just add this to the initial basis?

Possibly set up a single website and consider driving early business there from VRBO or AirBNB to get some initial views.

Trying to match the color that is already on the wall is just about impossible, even with left over paint from the initial painting.

Initially, I'm thinking you are correct that increasing the occupancy won't affect the nightly rate that much.

We would like to refinance as soon as possible after the build to recover all or most of our initial investment.

THEN, I plan to purchase the second home using a FHA or conventional loan (3%-5% down), for which I will likely pay the monthly cost out-of-pocket, maybe with some rental income support if it is a duplex.My concern is, I do not want to spend my savings or weigh down my debt-to-income ratio so much so that I cannot qualify for and pay the down payment and closing for the lending on the second home.Questions: - With the first home being multi-family, 75% of the rental income (or potential rental income initially) will relatively either maintain or boost my debt-to-income ratio from lenders' perspectives, right? 

Rent growth has a much larger impact on the cash flow than the initial cash flow.  

Seems to me my options are...SELL - If I were to put it on the market I think I could reasonably get $2.8M - $3M, but at a 2.9M sale price my return on my initial investment is only 38%, or 7.6% a year over the 5 years.

They reversed the transaction initiated by the hacker and I can withdraw the money from my account.

I own a duplex in Clermont, FL just outside of Orlando and initially wanted to split water meters between the two units, but the cost and amount of work were higher than expected.