, pocket knife, utility knife(s), safety glasses/googles (for dust), dust masks, knee pads, adjustable wrenchPower tools:Shopvac, Sawzall with various blades, impact driver, drill,multi-tool, circular saw, miter saw.Now, if I were getting my minimal starter set, it would be a claw hammer, and impact driver, a drill, adjustable wrench, lineman pliers, screwdrivers, shopvac, 2 tape measures, pry bars, utility/pocket knives, googles/masks, and circular saw. 

They often restrict the ability to build lower cost housing.they haven’t been building starter homes since the days of the GI bill and many affluent suburban areas actively restrict multis, smaller units etc. in the name of neighborhood preservation.Great example in Northampton mass, in many ways the archetype of a blue state progressive community: if you took a map overlay of the universally admired downtown area with today’s zoning you see that almost none of it would be legal to build today.

If I was your wife, I'd be hearing you accentuate the positive all day long and warning bells would be exploding in my head.Just for starters, let's get clear about third-party Section 8 multifamily property management -- the guys who do it are in it to bleed you as much as possible.

Repeat.For starters, attend a local Phoenix meetup if you haven't already. 

Your PM will definitely be looking for tenants with lots of pets, for starters.  

So for starters, the stairs are probably a safety hazard, so that's a no-brainer and what you ought to be prioritizing always everywhere.A little water in the basement???

For starters brick needs very little maintenance if left natural.

For starters, no question is silly.

BK is not necessarily a non-starter, but I would question that if she makes 3x rent why she could not pay her debts. 

The fact that they want 300k and its worth 300k is a non starter for me.