Action speaks louder than words.Loved* that response     Why didn't you choose reputation over experience?

If you have ample time and want to be hands-on, I’d recommend choosing a market that interests you and building a team—including an agent, contractors, and a management company—to support you throughout the process.However, if you’re busy and don’t have the time to manage all these aspects, turnkey options might be a better fit.

Choose the right path based on risk, desire for immediate returns, and financial situation.Good luck!

I made a video response for you since this is a pretty involved question =)https://www.loom.com/share/a3736c9f04a14d96ac3392c66eec07dc?...

On my company FB page (Pine Springs Homesteads) I made a video specifically for identifying load bearing walls.

If the client chooses to sell down the road, I will refer them back to the referring agent;3.

Start going to local real estate investing meetups before choosing a realtor or a lender.

At the end of the day we choose to be transparent with our costs and they are costs of doing business to provide opportunities (that are again very hard to come by). 

NOTE 2: if we choose NOT to upgrade the rooms, the units can't be in the hotel's pool of units to be rented out to guests.NOTE 3: right now, I'm losing about $1,500/moMy gut tells me to just get rid of this unit at a loss but I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can help me with (so far, I've asked some RE professionals I know but they don't have any idea).1) If I was to pay the ~160k for room renovations, does this mean the room increases value by at least that same amount? 

You make suggestions and he chooses his path.