Focus on projects that will bring a return on investment, such as updating the kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, and installing new appliances.

Have a weird layout property where the front door is on the 2nd floor and there is a set of wooden stairs to get up there.

My neighbors on the first floor where I live, got close to 4 feet of flooding.How did the storm effect your local portfolio?

I have a mix use building in CT. the ground floor tenant is a bar/restaurant that recently moved in. they got a $2M General liability insurance and is asking if that's enough. or if they should get an umbrella. the property is valued at around $700k, fyi. where can i read up on best practices for such a case?

Regarding your 2nd floor kitchen faucet that is experiencing low water pressure, it's likely a simple fix such as the faucet aerator (a screen that helps create a smooth stream of water).

Although I am relatively new to REI myself (looking for my third deal now) I am more than happy to try to answer any questions you may have and get you in touch with some of the people (realtors, lawyers, flooring guys, etc.) that I have met along the way.  

For the kitchen, we have already selected the wood floor color and we preferably want to keep the countertop.

I had to upgrade the waterlines to 3/4 (ripping out the wall, retiling) and replace the drain line with metal pipe, (dig up floor, plumb, concrete, retile).  

That is an entirely different thing.A distressed property is a circumstance.Motivation is an emotional response to a circumstance.Tall grass, tons of mailers on the floor—these are circumstances.

Occupying 8,000 square feet indoors and 2,000 square feet on a third-floor patio, this will be the largest In-N-Out in the world.