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Checkout Southeastern salvage for flooring and other cool accessories, and sometimes cabinets.

Also be sure that you call any previous landlords.If you're in a highly coveted area with little vacancy and you have a lot of inquiries about your place.

Create your own by adding an accessory dwelling to a single-family house, as detailed in this BP thread from California:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/732543-here-is-my-adu-variation-to-brrrr-its-called-bra2xrrDC, Arlington, and Montgomery County have all updated their zoning laws in recent years to broadly permit ADUs within or behind owner-occupied houses.

What you need for a stellar kitchen is accessories, colors, and items you would normally have in a kitchen.

Still waiting to here back from building and zoning if I'm able to do an accessory dwelling or if I need to split the parcel and build a separate single family. 

The owner of the property shall reside on the parcel on which the accessory dwelling unit is located.

Is this an advisable path forward (it seems this is the only option I have to make this long-coveted first real estate investment while becoming an entrepreneur at the same time)?

Its basically the BRRRR Strategy the covet so much on BP.

But I would consider splitting that off into the separate unit for a rental when you sell ---  of course you'd want to run the numbers/explore the market to see whether the duplex or SFH would give you the best valuation.In an effort to produce more affordable housing, CA is in favor of garage conversions (amongst other things) to create ADUs ('accessory dwelling units').