Now, the color scheme does look beautiful and keeps the home looking sleek + contemporary but, what about switching it up? 

Areas around houses of worship that are walkable will be much more expensive in either town. 

Built a new construction contemporary home which stood out from all the others in the neighborhood.

There's one near me and the only qualifications for membership are "live, work, or worship" in one of four counties that they cover.Building the relationships take time.

.; how many desks/people to be served, as well as desired styling: contemporary, open office, the like). 

If that doesn't do it, call, once again, a local, long-service plumber with lots of experience.And once again, these kinds of complications are exactly why your landlord didn't want to replace a perfectly functional blue toilet with a toilet of a different color or design to satisfy your contemporary sensibilities and/or stylistic yearnings.

There are also other ways to network, from becoming involved with non-profits, associations, meetups, houses of worship, etc.   

This project really required a team to mastermind which way we were going.... from restoring it to the 20's vibe, making it contemporary loft feel, or basic rehab.After reviewing the project we found that it would be partial restore (like removing drywall from the beautiful bricks inside the apartments), to acid cleaning the HUGH building, and adding a garden park feel in the center of the closed courtyard.The condo conversion (from Apartment status) was our focus for getting upside.What was the outcome?

They say maybe 1 to 2 years.I say give it a few more years and you will hit burn out if you don't scale back.A few years later they have left the business all together,scaled back and pace themselves,or are still teetering on burnout and are divorced,etc. with their life in shambles.My Uncle invented the Goof-Off cleaner.Became wealthy and then went through a really nasty divorce and money and power got to him for about 10 years after that.As he got older he finally changed and realized money wasn't everything just the experiences and memories in life that you cherish.Don't be a slave to money.Use it as a vehicle to reach your dreams in life but don't worship it because the true things you value will be gone if you do.

@Frank Valenti, here is another contemporary thread started by the same OP way back when:-https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/667...There he gives other details eg. the market was soft; interest rates for a new loan would be 5%.And just for fun, here he is a couple of years later selling that new puchase:- https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/85...No clue as to how he got on with either of them, but my advice to you Frank would be: if your value/equity isn't much different than @Chuck K's, just have it listed for sale, and NEXT time, try to find property that WILL cash flow well if and when you move out but still want to keep it.