In other words, a window that spans that whole space over where the sink is now all the way over to include where the outside door is now - one big window over that whole space.  

A huge headache and mess from a model tenant in the span of hours!

If you spend $30,000 to furnish a place, that should be broken down into an annual/monthly cost, spread over five years (or whatever you think the life-span of furnishings would be). $30,000 in five years comes to a monthly cost of $500.2.

All with incredible information and spanning a ton of different topics.

Now if you are the "smart" or "big" money who operate in many MSAs and own properties across the nation, your portfolio could have some very similar risk profiles that span cities, particularly if you invest in the NYC, LA, Boston, DFW, DC, SF ect.

(Fannie Mae does not allow more than 10 active mortgages for a single person).Most big banks offer commercial loans only to larger buildings (5+ units), but some smaller players (especially local / regional ones) will consider commercial loans even for small residential units.You can consider blanket loans as well (e.g. 1 loan spanning 3 houses totaling 7 units).  

Cap Ex is the 30 yr roof with 7 yrs left and water heaters and furnaces with ever shrinking life spans.

If you can accomplish those tasks on your own until the amount of properties you have exceed your span of control, you should manage the properties on your own.

Unfortunatley everything in these duplexes are at the end of their life span and there were a few problems with the electrical and plumbing and water damage that had to be addressed.  

VT seems to span from deep discount foreclosures in run down areas to overpriced multi units in desirable areas.