It is a local wine bar.

You need liability insurance, and make sure the contractor retains control over his workers.Example, Contractor hires person pays workers comp to state, worker climbs up wooden ladder that is 30 years old supplied by contractor, it breaks.

I am also a WSET Certified Wine Professional by day, so I'm happy to connect and chat about BRRRR...or Burgundy, anytime.

If you rent it, and the renter is stupid and scrapes a huge dent in it, or spills some red wine and doesn't clean it - just take some sandpaper, some stain, and varnish and in 10 minutes you fix it.

A wooden prayer in a shadow box was gone. 3 Room heaters were gone.

I would not put laminate in, if you were going to rent it out then maybe, another option which is trending right now is wooden countertops like butcher block, It's less expensive then stone but still looks great.

I don't want to give away my honey holes, but think of wine country (not Napa), lakes, vacation type areas. 

When I installed cable TV years ago and I or my co-workers would wine about working 6 days a week and 12 hours a day almost year round, my boss would say "If you're not making money, your spending money".

It is not as common and typically happens when there's water or prolonged humidity on a wooden beam. 

Hi All,I have my first investment property (live in 203k) officially under contract and out of attorney review and found the structural items below in inspection (See attached pictures directly from report):Unit 1 (~750 sq. ft)(1) Cracked Foundation Wall in two areas(2) Piers that have placed in dirt allowing the home to shift and now have wooden shims/other objects to sure up the floor(3) Split floor joistUnit 2 (~600 sq. ft)(1) Support posts were set directly in dirt(2) Objects were set in between piers to sure up floorThis is a multifamily home (two single family homes on one lot) with the home inspector suggesting that the price to fix could be well over $30k.