I'm in the framing stage of a large reno on a 1925 colonial.

I am primarily looking at some townhouse/condo in East Downtown (EaDo) which is an up and coming area as well as by Hermann Park/Bayou where prices are a little higher but can be rented and hold value due to the proximity to the park, medical center, and rice.  

Ideally someone who is experienced with Strip Centers, trying to get a specific type of tenant.

Maybe start a staging or small furniture rental company with the assets.There's many exit strategies, and maybe you never have any issues, but if you do it's better to be able to pivot quickly and with minimal vacancy.

Amenities means public transportation availability, parks, school reputation, and shopping centers could get you more rent and sales price.Another thing that could effect rent and sells price is the neighberhood it's in.  

thanks Matt,As you probably see, I am new to real estate biz, I spent 12 years running product team in the software company which built POS solutions for retail sector.So RE is my next venture, and from what I see so far the name of the game today and for years to come is choosing right technology and marketing tools.So it's tough with out experience in RE to define all systems and processes, I am beginning to understand the theory and systems on the high level, but I am sure once I actually spend sometime working it will be much easier.I feel like the best thing to do at this point is to focus on basics like CRM and print, emai, text, social marketing campaign automation, once those things are in place and work smoothly, will be able to proceed to stage 2,To be frank, I am looking to learn this business and then comeback into software sector in RE segment, lot of good tools out there but as usual - lots of gapsI will be happy to keep intouch and colobirate on these topics

I use a good inspector and they are a profit center for me.  

@Kuba F. and @Abhijit Deywhile I am a CPA who prpares hundreds of real estate investor returns annually, and while I am also a buy and hold investor, I also spent several years working at the IRS, so I have some perspective on this move.I spent a couple years working for the IRS at the Philadelphia Service Center, the biggest IRS Center in the world at the time. 

I can't wait for my first purchase, but I am in the early stages.

I'm just trying to devil advocate, the market is on fire here and i have to center myself all the time.