I tell our homeowners, throw your good taste out the window.

After a very brief period of good management, usually everything takes a downward slide.

I get them to cover closing costs, add in amenities like appliances, window covering, water softeners,  all the things we would have to pay for, they pay for, $ not out of our pocket is $ "discounted".

Everything from the window choice and wrapping to the flooring decision to the layouts and general roof pitch.

Long story short, I ended up buying that condo, only to find out, after one month, that my living room windows were leaking big time during the stronger rains.

Remodel Pics for Duplex UnitHoping this is the right forum to post these pics/slides in.

For investment properties you should be using private/hard money lenders, but if it's a primary or you have a long window of time to secure the financing then traditional may be the way.Overall, it should be easier to get approved via creative financing though as there are options and workarounds for nearly every scenario (they just may cost more the more creative you need to get).

In most cases, the lead dust comes from window frames. 

For example, a plumber breaks a window.

I got a quote from a window company and it was going to cost me around $11k to replace 8 windows which is around $1.4k a window for a mid grade replacement.