. + Property locations: - Pleasant hill- hayward+ Construction experience potential (what you can learn about from these projects):- kitchen and bath remodel of course - room addition- ADU building- New Construction - Lot splitAny suggestions and constructive criticism are always welcome.

Business Start Up Expenses are intended for things like market research, consulting with lawyers and accountants, researching business locations, etc before actually going into business.Remodeling expenses are remodeling expenses.Also, no ad in the world is going to save you from the "Asset in Service" rules if the property is not actually habitable. 

Rachel Imhof Wow, so thorough and so great post, I could not agree more with #4, we have government contracts and when you say “we remodel government buildings” the usual reaction will say “oh that’s good money right there”, it is not, we spend efforts and spending a ton of time and money before and after a contract, chasing them and failed bids, then government tells you how much to pay workers, then there’s always that oops factor.

He just finished a remodel on a 100 unit apartment but he does a lot of new development.

I'm about to remodel my first rental.

We have been going all in on our remodels because the apartments are in such bad shape.

I was wondering if there was an area on bigger pockets for people either with those skills or people who are  looking for blueprints for a remodel or other items that may go along with renovation/newer construction work that could be involved in real estate investing?

I have used Edgar Rodriguez with TexTile for remodels.

I started investing roughly 6 months ago, buying my first duplex in May (54k pp, owe 48k on mortgage) payment with TI is $480/mo, no tenants as it is under remodel.

Or see if you can get one of those home improvement shows to remodel it for you for residential use.