For example, if you are buying in an area that is in are 1980s and above, you might run into a roof that is tile and the paper under the tile needs to be replaced the day you close.

I’ve handled almost every aspect of renovations myself—plumbing, tiling, painting, drywall, and general construction.

I found similar patterns between all 5 companies: namely, they had taken on too many units, were over-charging me for things I didn't need, and weren't handling issues correctly (they would send out vendors who didn't know what they were doing, mis-diagnose issues etc.)No disrespect to the PMs on this chain or BP in general, but any third-party manager won't perform exactly the way you would like them to simply because of the constraints they are faced with as far as having so many units and owners to keep tabs on. 

You good contertops and do a tile back splash with some color I think white subway is becoming a bit dated.  

Also, he knew one of his guys had done a bad job on the kitchen tiling and was planning to redo it.

Now that we have tile in kitchen and bathroom.  

This is definitely a scam then with the same pattern in every project.

After that we are somewhat in a holding pattern just seeing which direction the market heads.

I'm someone who does well with coaching and direction so trying to piece things together on my own has kept my investing journey in a hold pattern of learning.  

Slate roof or even Spanish tile.