I am right in the middle of a kitchen remodel with my boyfriend and it has taught us so much about what style flippers/investors we would like to become.The truth is we love the work, we love the saw dust, and we love the before and after.

I've been on a gringo kick lately, hard shell with ground beef, sprinkle a little lime juice on top.

Sprinkle it over all the carpet and one inch over the edges.

And since we are tired of living in sawdust, we will no longer be living in our flips LOL.  

The floors are made out of the sawdust board, that is reasonably strong, but the glue falls apart very quickly as soon as it gets wet. 

I also think the people who prey on people looking to make money in RE with little work and $ are immoral as they're making money selling a system that they know won't work (it's like selling shovels to gold prospectors and pointing them to a spot where you know there's no gold) Perhaps I could have been more specific but a sprinkle of hyperbole makes life interesting. 

I applaud you for your forward thinking, but you may want to sprinkle some of these properties in with more conventional construction until you are certain the investment will work for you long term.

If it is in the walls and we know what it may be (tobacco, pet, etc), we have a recipe (tsp, rinse, seal, paint)... or if it is from the floors, we clean or even pull the flooring (seal underneath refloor, etc)...One simple carpet one I use is sprinkling the large (13.5 lb)  bags of baking soda into the carpet (if carpeted)... work it into the floor with stiff broom, so it gets into carpet to pad.

It may sound hard to believe, but you will forget spit details and writing them down keeps everyone honest.I also try to take a long term view and sprinkle in some extra for the other side at the end of the deal. 

I always feel these questions are rarely on the up and up, but here goes.Attorney response: it depends.Depends on desired target return, risk tolerance, active participation willing to make, etc. etc. etc.Fire and forget (forward all mail to Tahiti): Drop all $10M with 3-5 HML funds sprinkled around the USA at a solid 8.00% ROI.Work now/Play later #1: 2-3 ground-up multi-use facilities in central Texas (my back yard) paid for with mostly cash.