I'm specifically looking for something that can function as a long-term or vacation rental as well as commercial application.Fourth, brush up on my German, teach my wife some, and enjoy a fall vacation in Berchtesgaden, Germany!

@Jonathan Twombly  I have done a lot of business over the years financing deals for guru students.so I can paint a broad brush. you would be surprised at how many are actually real estate professionals that go to those or other successful folks that just cut checks.the taking a dreamer ( real estate not the other kind) and maneuver them into massive credit card debt I don't agree with.. but then I don't agree with many on BP who all want to take out HELOCs and borrow to their eye balls to buy rentals either. 

Rolled on and brushes don't give the cleanest look on such smooth products.

You have raw land,semi developed,and developed.Raw land is where trees and everything is untouched.Semi developed is usually where they might have torn down the house and cleared some trees.Developed is where it is cleared and graded,utilities and entrance is in place and they just haven't gone vertical with any structure yet.The best use of a parcel of land might not be it's current zoning use.When you want to build on the land will factor into it as well.Example a developer might have gotten zoning and approval for a particular use.Now too many of those properties have saturated the market or the demand is no longer there.Now you have to figure out in the current economy what would work there and what the ultimate rents would be to determine a price for the land.How much dirt you have to move around to get a site ready for vertical improvements is key as well.You can have 2 sets of the same size parcel.One is listed at 300,000 and acre and the other at 175,000 an acre.Looking at face value you would think 175,000 is cheaper.You learn however that with the topography of the land to clear the site ( 3 acres ) will cost 200,000 an acre.The other parcel at 300,000 will cost only 50,000 an acre as it is relatively flat already with little to no brush to take down.So 300,000 times 3 is 900k plus 150k for clearing land is 1,050,000 to get site ready.Land at 175k is 525k plus 600k in clearing costs is 1,125,000 plus the site will take longer to get ready to develop.Land prices are down in mnay areas as well because used to a developer could form an LLC and pay any price and it the project tanked they could walk away non-recourse.Now lenders want heavy down payments,recourse,and cross collateral of the developers existing trophy properties.So now developers are real picky on what price they will pay for a property.I can go much more in depth than this about land development but I don't want to write a book here.If you have a more specific question just ask.I only provided basic info here and does not include anywhere near all development costs.

All the motors come from China and the brushes are cheap, so the motor looses power fast.

As for the time I've never measured it, however if I get the desired level of profits it'll be a moot point, especially since I won't be swinging hammers or paint brushes.

Mold spores can live dormant for millions of years...cleaning it with a brush & something like borax runs the risk of mold spores getting into the air and relocating elsewhere.

However, you are now his landlord, and his dear older brother wouldn't just put him out on the street, so instead of just brushing off the bad day, tells the boss to stick it and gets fired, and now can't pay rent.

In my opinion, repaints like that (sprayed or brushed) are for class C (and some B's) and below.It is sprayed by tradesmen who specialize in re-painting kitchen cabinets.If you use something like Sherwin Williams Super Paint (or even Emerald) Satin, or Benjamin Moore Ultra Spec Satin, it might no last as long as the pro-painter applied paints which have some kind of hardener in them.That being said, some tradesmen can do really nice work (with a lot more labor hours charged than on a standard rental unit respray): https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Run down the list of each estimate 1)blown control boardl, 2)a cracked heat exchager, 3)bad control valve, and brushes failed in blower motor.