I've been doing a lot of research and I concluded on a particular plan.I am looking at Woodbridge/Dumfries and Gaithersburg MD. 

I have had many experiences with rent-to-own deals as owners transition them over to us for management and have yet to find one which was remotely fair to the tenant/buyer or which concluded with the tenant/buyer becoming a home owner.These are typically arrangements where guru's at REIA meetings wink and nod and say how great these deals are for investors because "THE LANDLORD DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSE AND THE TENANT ULTIMATELY NEVER BUYS THE PLACE SO YOU GET TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN"Usually the deal is structured something like: Option to buy the house for the next 5 years for $95k (market value is $60k), pay $4000 cash to secure option, and pay all utilities and perform all repairs under $500, $100 from each rent payment goes to closing costs should house ever close.

You've had a professional company conclude that it is not the pipes, but the amount of toilet paper.2.

The application and fee is done for everyone, so my legal staff stays happy, and the investigations and deposits are concluded before access is granted.

So if I say, "My boss pays for my health insurance" you would naturally conclude that the premiums come out of my pocket, and I'm only indicating that the source of funds is my job.

If that's the case, don't conclude too hastily that you should stick to LA as there are other place that will give you much higher figures across the world.You could also ask your fellow successful Californians (not sure how you call the LA residents) where they invest overseas when they do.

At every turnover I investigated whether I should consider trying to add a half or full bath and every time, I end up concluding that I cannot reasonably recover the investment. 

I would first run the fact pattern by your custodian and see if they will conclude on it, but if they punt I can refer you to a solid ERISA attorney that I collaborate with in situations that I myself am not 100% certain of. 

We discussed this and concluded that engineering school and project engineering introduces the concept of taking a large problem breaking it into "bite-sized" pieces that can be easily accomplished.

I don't know , how you can conclude that "most contractors" run . even if we assume that's true , "most" people doing it won't justify anything .