You are going to want it cleaned and filters changed in order to help get rid of the smoke smell.You are going to want to wash every surface that you can get your hands on -- walls, windows, fixtures, painting may be easier depending on how bad it was.

Supposedly, toilet flushing, showering, and clothes washing are the 3 main water uses.

My biggest fear is that there will be some very expensive repairs that an appraiser will not pick up (i.e. lots of mold in the walls and roof, lead paint issues, plumbing needs a complete redo, etc.) and push me well over my initial budget to maybe double or triple what I pay for.

I just don't have the time to push this property while I am working on others, but I am happy with the flow and appreciation as is... for now.Good luck to you!

Your tudor style four-unit on the quiet cul-de-sac isn't going to drink on the job, steal toilet paper and embezzle quarters from the washing machines...

Does that mean you want remove and push back the retaining wall so you can have your deck?

But I'd be very cautious of pushing him out of his comfort zone for a few points of return. 

Eamonn,It would be a power washing bussiness.

Here is her story below,"Our realtor referred Jeff to us, he power washed and stained his fence and said he did a great job so we decided to use him as well to stain our deck and fence.

Someone was advising us that we should start and LLC but I am under the impression that anything bought through an LLC would exclude us from conventional financing and push us into the commercial loan zone.