The property and both units has significant physical distress.

Precious metals have more of a track record of course but the decoupling of the paper price and the physical prices blindsided a lot of metals enthusiasts. 

For starters, where is your property physically located (city and zip code)?

I am a travel Physical Therapist Assistant by trade and make great money BUT i get paid way more in my check “PER DIEM” than hourly pay because it is tax free.

They know what materials are available, what physical forms most efficiently accomplish the goals, how ordinances are setup and how they interplay to maximize the project goals. 

Yes  get the basics as i have every receipt for anything ever purchased for this property from paint flooring. etc neatly sorted by year and month both physical and in cloud storage.

@Geann Peteira thanks for the info, are you talking about physically going up there or finding it online?

Let's travel in time back in the giant physical computer days. 360 days in a year and 360 mortgage payments (12 months times 30 years) meant they had to move less vacuum tubes around between calculations if you went with 360 day years.

I don't have much to offer in the way of experience yet, but I would say these 2 books have really taught me a lot https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/rental-property-investing-physical https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/brrrr-ultimate . 

I helped an old individual out of a housing situation where they physically were unable to finish the rehab.