In these soft PC days and with a PM, you may be on for a full remediation treat.

More on this later.Bathroom floor is soft in a few spots.

It is soft and porous, unlike the porcelain, and requires being sealed periodically, which your tenants will not do.

I'm wondering if soft close cabinet/drawers vs normal make a big difference in the resale value.

And some good points raised about finding the right balance between being 'too soft' and getting taken advantage of and still doing some good...Exciting, thank you!

I didn't understand how it worked, didn't believe it, and I just brushed it off.

And someone has to be putting your hard cost and soft cost budgets together to make sure the deal actually works financially, concurrently with getting your land disturbance and building permits approved.I'd say on the average new apartment deal I've been involved with the developer has invested about $800K over a 9-12 month timeframe from signing the contract to buy the property to closing on the loan.I'm not familiar with the Orlando market, but metro Atlanta is going crazy with apartments right now.  

I know, I'm too soft-hearted for this business, but I'm becoming less so, trust me.  

I'm not familiar with landlord/tenant law in Illinois, but it sounds like now would be a good time to brush up, and make sure you are following the letter of the law with providing notice.

Let's humoristically call it "How to effectively graduate from the School of Hard Knocks University: the soft and hard tracks".Some numbers (rounded):All rents combined, the property is operating at $5000Mortgage/PITI: $4500Common utilities all paid by owner (single electric and gas meters on the entire property): $500Conclusion: as a result of his ongoing house-hack experiment, the income matches the expenses.Milestone complete.