There are still opportunities out there.Most important is finding a market/school that makes sense #'s wise and then going an inch wide, mile deep in that market.

i bought a home recently and thinking about few things. should i pre-install tv (which can accommodate 32-60 inch) wall mount in living room and ceiling fans in it?

. $9 one inch blinds from Lowes all day long.

If your house is A or B class, you should definitely spring for something nicer like selectblinds.com but you don't need top-dollar, 2-inch plantation blinds in custom colors.If tenants ruin them, you deduct from their deposit just like you will for flooring, paint, appliances, landscaping, etc.

You will need ADA hallways and bathrooms (generally 36 inch clearance for a wheelchair to do a 360 or more) You'll need the electrical to exceed code and add carbon monoxide and smoke detectors that are commercial flashers for hard of hearing and blind.

These are old, almost always brick-veneer properties that have a lot of life left in them but have lacked the kind of maintenance they need, especially in recent years.The subflooring in these houses is typically diagonal 1-inch pine plank and they were originally finished with 3/4-inch tongue-in-groove oak strip from end to  end, bedrooms and bathrooms and kitchens alike.

They usually set up a contract to automatically go out and plow/shovel any time we receive 2 inches or more of snow.

We took out some of the floor then when looking at it carefully we found that the 12 inch by 12 inch foundation beam that the entire 2 story wall was built on was missing one end. 

Because that property had a tree root that lifted the driveway about 2 inches, with a crack through the blacktop. 

If you give an inch people will take a mile.