"Oh the customer insisted on buying the materials, it's not my fault"Unfortunately, the contract does not state anything about sub-standard work but if you have any recommendations, please let me know I’ll add it to future contracts.Kilz 2 primer was applied before the paint.

For example my simple spruce up would be, renno bathroom, and kitchen, paint, and redo carpet upstairs.But if i think real deep into what I could do to make it a STUNNER then I think, knock down walls, create more open/broken floor plan, add central air, possibly do an addition to add a 3rd bedroom and second bath.So when you could do ANYTHING .. how do you draw the line of what you should do?

Additional Thought - Would a line of credit/heloc against the equity be a possibility?

I even list parking as additional fee in amenities but they are saying that’s against their policy.

So, I would not be allowed to turn the property into a quadplex BUT could turn it into a duplex with two ADUs, one attached (the additional unit built downstairs) and one detached (the renovated and converted garage).Does this sound accurate to the community here?

Can I deny this person and state that I do not want additional animals in the house?

Obviously I could use the money to buy more more more, but there's something attractive about owning the rentals outright, then saving the additional cash flow to get the next one and so on. 

Anything that actually comes into our possession goes into our tithe calculation.In addition to tithing, we try to give to charitable causes when we can, but we don't do it as often as I would like.

You can also write it off as a business expense and there could be additional tax benefits for energy efficient home improvements.  

Last piece of advice is to raise additional capital because shortages while building ground up can be a painful proposition.