I agree with other responses here, and to piggyback on them it seems everyone plans to 'own forever' when they sign a 30 year lease or finance term, and then things change (job, relationship, life events, etc) and folks try to sell the property with 25-28 years left.Banks do not look at power bills when determining DTI, but they will look at a solar loan/lease. 

But this typically isn't the sequence of events since it seems like you are going to be installing new LVP , so have the contractor repair the soft spot first then install the LVP. 

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

And you can start small, buy an old camper, cut a big window, spray paint it black and brown, add some wood trim and sell coffee outside events.

@Tom Gimer - You are correct, and many loan docs provide that an additional encumbrance constitutes an event of default. 

You should be able to find some meetups in the event forum here and on meetup dot com to jump start that.

$1499 was the cost for the 3-day event.  

If you expect trouble, see if the local police will escort you, or do the job for you (in the event of evictions).

RPA-CON 2024 is the largest real estate investor event in Wisconsin, details under Events here on BP.

Currently I use an app called "meet up" and for some time, a lot of their events in my area are all done online.