Way to hard to clean food and dust off of. example:https://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Alaska-Gray-Splitface-12-in-x-12-in-x-10mm-Marble-Mesh-Mounted-Mosaic-Tile-ALGRY-SFIL10MM/206741880Too busyhttps://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Magica-12-in-x-12-in-x-6mm-Glass-and-Stone-Mesh-Mounted-Mosaic-Tile-SGLS-MAG6MM/206741857Very uniform and neutral, adds design fare.https://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Honeycomb-Hexagon-12-in-x-12-in-x-10mm-Natural-Marble-Mesh-Mounted-Mosaic-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-HONCOM-2HEX/205307895

I’d also brush up on eviction procedures to prepare in case payment isn’t made.

Thank you for the procedural advice.

Hope you know I wasn't speaking poorly of townhome occupants - just highlighting the very odd nature of the DC market vs. the other more traditional markets we've lived in. 

I took a full video of the apartment upon move-in with myself and the tenant in the video and have numerous photos & videos of the condition of the apartment when vacated.I want to bill the tenants for the damages but want to make sure I follow the laws/procedures correctly. 

Due to the nature of my career (I'm an economist with a tenure track job), I have fairly idle summers.

So basically I'm making a name for myself as a wholesaler period no company I come up with or anything of that nature.

But....if you can buy in a smaller town for less than the price of construction, you naturally have some built in barriers of entry.  

What is the procedure for changing the locks in Chicago and providing the keys to the tenants. 

Even the best sales people will take 6 months to get begin getting paid due to the natural cycle of real estate, and many people don't close a sale for longer than that.