Currently living in our home and plan on renting to keep low interest rate while we house hack a duplex to start our investing in real estate.  

What kind of planning do you do throughout the year to minimize your tax liability? 

I plan on holding this property for 30 years (I'm 34) and will live in it for at least 5.

The wood floor is destroyed and needs to be replaced (around $11k) and the other damage may be about $7-10k.   

If it's a rental in a working-class area, you’re looking at durable, cost-effective materials like LVP flooring and mid-range fixtures.

Hi, I’m planning to visit auction next week first time.

I'd talk to your contractor about using sub floor to level the floor.  

Remodeled kitchen and lighting plus refurbished floors.

I think the house flows really well in person (open floorplan, high ceilings, large house with spacious room sizes) and you just can’t represent that in 2-D photosI’m honestly not sure how to do a video or 3D virtual walk-through or whatever, I haven’t looked into it and have no idea how much it costs.

I thought about maybe converting the living room with a fireplace on the main floor to a 3rd bedroom, but I'm not sure if the HOA would allow such a big change to the layout.