Also focus on masonry, it gets very expensive and there is no return on investment, driveways, steps, and tuck pointing are the big items for this.

Brick tuck pointingc. 

I'm looking for recommendations for any of the following contractors:ElectricianWood floor sanding and finishingAsbestos tile removal on basement floorMinor concrete work, tuck pointing a fence, essentiallyBathroom remodelKitchen remodelThank you

Even if it is load bearing, you can still knock it out by installing a header beam and tucking it up inside the attic.

From your words I'm going to guess that the falls into this sort of a description: "The bungalow is tucked in the quiet neighborhood on one of the nicest streets in Venice.

They have to experience it themselves....I have thought about doing just that.....I didn't know the allowable amount so thanks for sharing that information with me....This particular neighborhood is on the edge of being a C neighborhood....some people may say it is....so this girl who lives in the bubble would have a difficult time adjusting...especially since I watch the ID channel often....My boyfriend is a true urban boy...me not so much...we currently live in an A neighborhood and I love it....it is tucked away from the freeway so it requires a bit of driving but the community is safe and absent of any riff raff......We do both share a love for ethnic foods and culture which we don't have to much of where we currently live....we are constantly driving into the suburbs right outside the city.My house would easily rent for 1800.00 a month.

However there are benefits to having future investors as buyers.Imagine if you bought that multi family, and say ten years down the road your tenants have paid down your mortgage, you've been tucking away the cash flow, and the property has appreciated. 

A lot of time the parapet walls need some additional tuck pointing work to be done when you do the full tear off. 

All the good intentions in the world, they tuck cash in an envelope, but the car breaks down and the car is necessary to get to work, and they raid the envelope.  

Last year I picked up a piece of land in port Charlotte county Florida for $4400 all in after yearly taxes planning on tucking it away in my portfolio the county offered me $3000 because they need to expand the road.