To maximize the sq/ft (and save cashola) and give it a more spacey feel, I’m doing open shelving instead of upper cabinets and the countertops will extend all the way to the near wall, fully covering the front load washer and dryer units, which also have their home in the kitchen.

Some of the cracks in the walls have been epoxied, but not all. 

I feel better now, but perhaps I should start looking for a lawyer who can help on the matter of the tenant taking in her mother without my permission and they having walled in the deck with heavy curtains, which impedes air circulation, etc.  

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See the attached maps of his/his related entity real estate investments (courtesy of The Wall Street Journal). 

Quote from @Jaron Walling: I bought my first house and got into REI for control, stability, and the opportunity to solve problems. 

Some kitchens will be 5k if its a small one and some will be 15k if you are taking out a wall and its larger.

After he teamed up with a local intermediary in the Bay Area.. from what I read in the Wall Street Journal, Lockton has been helping investors streamline these moves.. he ended up freeing enough capital to invest in a mixed-use building in San Antonio that we’d been eyeing for a while.I’m no attorney or CPA, so I’m not giving legal or tax advice here, but there’s definitely something to be said for repositioning your insurance to fit your broader investment goals.

That's the throwing you know what against the wall, and hop0e plan. 

I would point out that you have a higher end home here.. its not a 70k rental in the mid west were you just squirt some paint on the walls and put die on the carpet etc..