I'm a civil engineer, and for example, I do the civil engineering/permitting for many Gas-Station & Convenience Store.

Also sprayed the inside furniture and rungs.

The first neighborhood I would look at is anything next to infrastructure - if it has grocery stores, malls, gas stations.

We have lived in our apartment for nearly three years without any issues, but since April, new neighbors moved in upstairs, and the noise has become unbearable.At all hours of the day and night, it sounds like constant walking, furniture screeching, and items being dropped—even until 4 a.m.

@James Wachob  Piggly Wiggly is an all time great for a name of a company or grocery store for those on the west coast who have no idea

There are some people coming back because there's a segment of the population who love living in the city and being walking distance to restaurants, stores etc. 

I also had to take time to assess all the furniture.

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.

The point of going into real estate is either as a store of value or to make money--you make money primarily through value add--of which the simplest path is rehabs-go with an easy one while you learn the process.  

He or she would then pay for the furniture for the space and pay movers to install it.