You might find available services don't meet your needs, or have undesirable terms.

Just find the most crime ridden,  undesirable area with frigid storms in the winter and mosquitos the size of small birds in the summer and invest there. 

The wifi would also have to be installed in the basement, which can only be accessed through one of the tenants units, so wifi is also undesirable. 

Tight time schedule, all drywall is hung, only mudding and taping required. 

Just finishing mudding in the bathroom and tiling the tub surround and floor.

I also think there may be some value in creative solutions for undesirable lots / houses that are not maximimizing their zoning potential / building higher end properties / or getting a head start in an under appreciated neighborhood. 

NO....while I prefer to live entirely debt-free, I can see where investing in education *might* be "good debt", and also where if someone went into debt due to major medical bills, that would also be undesirable, but better than being sick...or worse.

That may just be a Houston issue.It can get particularly ugly if you're buying in a MUD because that can add $1300 or so to your tax bill.

We measure for tile and other surfaces and buy precisely, so if we come up short it's a time to say 'hmmm'.I guess some argument could be made that a contractor might want to steal something smaller, like a bucket of mud or nails or something - but honestly, the guy who did it would have to be really daft to risk future work over a bucket of fasteners.And a lot of this boils down to knowing who you're working with.

You should not use carpet in a rental in the first place.Walls need to be mudded and painted when tenant moves.