Did it ourselves, I bought great looking Kitchen table and dining room table and patio table sets for SUPER CHEEP and spray painted the one set, Sold it all on craigslist after we had offer and made more money than what I paid for it.Also did same with sofa love seat for Living room. a couple of small side tables and moved and shot room from different angles moving lights and tables. and then reset furniture in the family room. and took photo's there. 

Custom cabinets and quartz counters, Viking appliances, hardwood floors throughout, iPad station, ceiling mounted speakers & stereo system throughout the house, yamaha outdoor speakers for the patio, all rooms were prewired for cable and internet, jacuzzi tub for the 2nd bath, venetian plaster in all bathrooms, and the list goes on...We set a record for sales price in the neighborhood which is always a good thing.Purchase Price: $488kRemodel Costs: $149k (Includes labor, materials, monthly expenses, etc...)Commission Costs: $18,725Sales Price: $749,000Profit: $93,275BEFORE PICSAFTER PICS

I would like to manage a real estate fund as my day job in the future. lets just say hypothetically I am making $2 million a year from this and that is ordinary income.

there are front sidewalks and a back concrete patio. 

or "No, so we just smoke on the patio" or "I don't know, we don't smoke".

The best size to buy is 8’ tall, 1-2” in diameter, sitting in a 15-gallon pot ($50-$150).Outdoor roomsA dining area, dry laid patio, a patch of gravel, a covered patio or an above-grade deck: According to SmartMoney.com, a landscaped patio raises the value of your home by 12.4 percent.

Either an assignment or a "flip" would both ordinary income, including self employment taxes.

One idea would be use the plumbing/HVAC stuff as a job for ordinary income.  

Invest after that and it's with post-tax money and you'll pay ordinary income taxes in dividends.

Knowing distributions from an IRA are going to be reported as ordinary income, and typically many years in the future, is the value of depreciation deduction lost (or partially so), when buying units inside a self-directed IRA?