I've grown up as a "daddy's girl" and learned many things while helping my father, like how to sand, stain, drywall, paint, caulk, do trim work, and much more. 

In my trade I do framing, siding, interior/exterior trim, flooring, roofing, and much more.

Its a basement apartment in a 1958 built triplex. natural light is limited. walls are light gray and trim is white. floor is concrete and a darker grey.

If your contract states that a certain outcome is expected,  such as house trim painted (rather than house trim will be painted with a horse hair brush with two  coats of paint with brush strokes in both horizontal and vertical direction)  and a general time schedule, such as completed by a certain date (rather than will work 8 am to 3 pm Mon through Fri) then you have a better chance of saying the person is a contractor or independent business rather than an employee.Think of how you deal with a plumber--The toilet is clogged. 

You will love the gray tones throughout with fresh paint & trim, porcelain tile-hardwood look, carpet, fixtu What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Light gray paint with white trim and vinyl plank wood grain flooring .

They are liveable, but new flooring, trim and paint would help spruce things up.For my analysis, I used some of the sellers pro forma info (as I have not fully accurately looked into items such as insurance, prop taxes, utilities, ect.) and used what I believe my numbers and annual income from rent/storage would be.

One problem you will run into if doing a $70K cosmetic renovation on a 5-plex in Old Louisville is that tenants who are attracted to the area and are willing to pay top dollar want the following:-Original historic charm (No covering up original wood floors, trim, etc)-Central heat and air (their own system, not shared)-Newer electric-Laundry and off-street parkingIf this happens to be the 5-plex on Ormsby, you may want to do some more digging on whether it is actually a 5-plex and if the basement unit can be legally used as an apartment or not. 

We recommend the following service twice a year: re- seed, fertilize, poison the pine islands, trim shrubs, inspect exterior of home and report any items that need attention.

Keeping trees trimmed and reduced, maintaining fence, etc.