Appliances and fixtures were old and tired.Basically, the core bones of the property were good, but there were a lot of things that seemed ripe for easy improvement.The location was great, right next to the town’s primary commercial district, with a grocery store 100 yards away, coffee shop/bakery, Post Office, drugstore, hardware store, hair and nail salons, barber shop, dentist, bank, a half dozen restaurants, and a variety of other shops and services.

Directly across the street you have Panda Express, Popeyes and a pawn shop/jewelry store must I say anymore? 

The DU provides information on Credit, liabilities and income and it can be possible that one offer will be chosen over another because of a FICO store or income even though it gives an approval and that is a very thin line for discrimination. 

Tempur Sealy, the world's largest mattress supplier, is divesting 176 Mattress Firm and Sleep Outfitters stores to gain approval for its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm.

But you do have to store it and move it. 

I will of course use YouTube and other online sources, but I'd also like to speak with a person and even build a relationship with my local hardware store!

Trusting your insurance provider is like trusting corner store sushi.

At the time when the chemical industry discovered farmers as a huge market all sorts of herbicides and pesticides (the are banned today) were introduced, stored and disposed of basically into the ground: the farmer did not want to have stuff growing between the barn and the farmhouse anyway, so seemed like a good spot to kick that barrel over.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Also, I want to create an in-house store with Stayfi and The Host Co to sell themed merchandise and local vendor services.