You can rent a "U Sand" machine from Home Depot and you really can't mess it up (unlike a belt sander, this is lighter grade and uses 4 orbiting sanding disks).

I am active duty military stationed at Ft. hood and will be getting out of the military in a few years.

It’s an affluent area with blue ribbon schools in a great location within walking distance to town and the train station into Center City Philadelphia as well as the suburbs.

You can have two houses that are identical according to the data on paper/ virtually, but millions of dollars apart in value for infinite reasons that you just can't know without being there (level of finishes, condition, smell, same builder or different, how the property will show to potential buyers, micro-location (same sub-division or different one across the street, one has awesome views while the other doesn't, one could be on a lake while the other isn't, one could be next to gas station or on a busy street, near train tracks, a smelly factory, backing to commercial or high density multifamily, one could have settling issues with the foundation because of expansive soils while the other doesn't etc. etc. etc.).

I am currently serving in the US navy and station here in Gulfport MS.

Prime location across from the borough building and police station and what used to be the local hospital, very good drainage, great views down the big Homestead Hill from the top apartment's balcony, lots of light through the 20+ windows per apartment.My point in sharing all this is to point out that not all older residential housing structures with major deferred maintenance are at the end of their lifetime.

I don't understand how refinancing works, again, total newbie, so, is it best to wait until rates go down, or bite the bullet, pay a higher mortgage and then refinance?

Car wash business is real good and if you have a problem with employees try to spend some extra money and make it full automatic car wash with pay station no need for employees 

I was stationed at Fort Bragg before I retired and help a friend flip a few homes and it was a blast.

I have a lot of land in a downtown location that different Gas Stations & Stores have offered to purchase.