Due to all this I decide to put Real estate investing in hold I also run my own hot shot trucking rig that I've put on hold until I'm done with all this!

I have spent a significant time traveling and living abroad, first in the Caribbean on an 88' gaff rigged schooner, then in Amsterdam, Holland and finally in Malaysia and Thailand.

There was a 70K upside, but the seller had a jerry rigged above ground tank that they were using instead of the below ground tank.

Jury-rigging will come with time.I just paid a plumber $351 yesterday to retro-install a backflow check valve on a sewer line, so I'm not against paying a pro when necessary, but seems like everybody prefers to just sit back and stroke big checks these days.     

Baltimore GCs may have more insight than I do but it sounds like a cookie cutter solution to increase the cost of the rehab. 

Spanish style non cookie cutter old school charmers style.

Rents are rigged at the federal level to go up slowly over time, though.

I am also a hvac tech from Va, with extensice experience in hot water systems.You have a choice--pay for quality work, or get some incompetent in there to rig something up. 

Another question I have is we don't have cookie cutter neighborhoods.

You want to buy cookie cutter houses for your rentals.