You can search flip properties using the search filters on sites like Zillow or Redfin and get a sense for what finishes are being used, how long different designs last on market and what flipped homes are selling for.Design is much more art than science.

My one suggestion is to use the barracks building as art studios.

My journey started when I listened to an episode of the Art of Manliness about starting a side hustle.

In Mark Manson's Book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**K, Mark describes only giving a F about things you know you are willing to suffer for, and knowing the level of suffering you are willing to endure. 

(very small, about 3,000people, central US town on interstate, with a state college and city of approx 60,000 within 15mins and another liberal arts college and city of 15,000 within 10mins).No management fee, as I'd take care of the propertyMonthly repairs, I usually set this at 12% ($700-750)Asking price $600,000I've been approved for a loan at 5.09% (5/5arm, 30yr am., $1500 closing fees), given the option to put as little as 10% from a small community bank.

We had the luxury of opting to pay for an after school program for art at cost $40 bucks per for both my girls.

I moved to Bainbridge island in 1996 while working for Adobe on pioneer square and I loved every minute of my commute back then!

You're told to go to college and get a steady income (i.e. liberal arts isn't acceptable, so engineering it is...), because that's what's going to set you up financially in life.

@Art Perkitny What a great resource, thanks so much!

That said, the whole world (almost) of capital gains is eligible for deferral -- short or long term gain, sales of property, businesses, stock, bitcoin, art, etc.