This is critical early on when you start investing.Better Property Management: Understanding the basics of plumbing, electrical work, and other home systems means you can quickly address minor issues before they become major (and expensive) problems.

Has the electrical, plumbing, or HVAC been disturbed in the work that's been done - or will you need to get into it to complete the work?

Value is being added by doing a full gut to the property, new mechanicals (plumbing, electric, and HCAV), as well as new cosmetics throughout.

I have about $300 on my credit cards (just finally paid them off for the most part, and have about $20,000 limit).My cash on hand is relatively light, but what my plan was was to find some single family homes in the north Detroit area (currently anywhere from $40-$60k and put about $15-20k tops into any repairs or fixes (not looking for total rehabs, mostly something I can do some small repairs here and there and paint, personally I am knowledgeable about renovating up until complex electric and plumbing).

They have been good as tenants, but I'm charging well below market with the agreement that the units are as-is and non-residential.The building is partially renovated, partially demo'd, has ancient plumbing and electrical.

This can tell me a lot about the age of the plumbing, roof, HVAC, etc before actually walking it.

crappy plumbing!) 

We don't have gas out there now, but we do have power and sewer/plumbing in the garage because of the permitted rec room and bathroom.My biggest question is the ADU designation.

Did a home equity loan to pay for the water & sewer lines, removing knob and tube, some new flooring and some plumbing fixes. 

The 13-unit original motel, built in 1958, has been completely renovated to 2023/2024 standards and upgraded with all new electrical, plumbing, and internet structure throughout.