I doubt Community College will teach you anything you will ever use to make money in this business.If it did, the teachers would all be driving Rolls Royce's and living in multi-million dollar mansions--they are not.If you want to learn about SFH's (the bones and the guts of them) vs being a hammer swinger putting up framing (which you don't need to go to college to do)...study to be a home inspector at someplace like the InterNachi... https://www.nachi.org/become-home-inspector.htmOnce you earn the badges you will know your stuff about SFH inspections.But still that's a big commitment and it's not needed to make money in this business...you can hire Home Inspectors, just like you can hire tax pros, bookkeeping, and etc...If you want to learn how to "put in cabinets", "replace a toilet", "shingle a roof", add a dormer, etc...you can learn on YouTube fast and easy.If you want to learn how to frame, get a job 9 to 5 with a framing contractor, and get ready to WORK HARD.Here is a 582 page picture book of how to build a house: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Visual-Guide-Building-House/dp/1600850227Sit down next to a Keurig Machine with a book like this and your favorite mug and learn at your own pace.  

Junk compared to the older non-computerized stuff.

The shingles are asbestos and are falling apart.  

Are you going to check them for measles, flu, meningitis, shingles, etc?

These items can be depreciated over 5 or 7 years: Fixtures, furniture, controlled access gates, alarm systems, computerized systems, security systems, movable partitions, etc.This accelerated depreciation strategy allows the property investors to immediately reduce their tax liability and in turn, increase their bottom line by offsetting income.

About how much to replace it with good quality shingles?

Over the last 5 years, we've updated the bathrooms, kitchen, new shingles, replaces all inside doors, ran a gas line to the stove, replaces facia and other details costing us approximately $25,000.

What I did:Painted walls and ceilings with sherwin williams superpaint dover white.Trim and kitchen wainscoting was painted with super paint semi gloss white.Ripped out plaster tub surround and replaced with cement board that was waterproofed and tiled.Replaced some missing shingles on garage roof.Replaced old shower valve with single handle valve.Replaced garbage disposal.Replaced old outlets/switches with new white outlets/switches/plate covers.Jacked up sagging portion of house and sistered three of the joists and replaced the rotted sill plate.Removed vinyl tile from laundry floor and painted the concrete with grey floor paint.Before photos:  Apologies if they are sideways or upside down...The after photos can be seen on my zillow ad, https://www.zillow.com/homes/17439-cicotte_rb/88664724_zpid/?

Consider your personal items in your house, your appliances, heating equipment, air conditioning, shingles, plumbing and electrical supplies, car parts, are some of there components made in a country that has been affected by covid-19?

My day job is building material sales (lumber, doors, windows, drywall, block, shingles, etc).