I owned my own manufacturing business for 16 years until finally calling it quits about 6 years ago due to dwindling sales brought on by the recession, which turned out to be a blessing in that it led me to a career I thoroughly enjoy and was meant to do.I started thinking about real estate while selling a piece of commercial land I owned. 

And I want all of the tax benefits 😀But if I did invest I’d want someone to have owned or led a previous syndication with comparable magnitude.

If you can self install easily, ducted hoods work so much better.Personally I'd skip the ceiling fan and get an 18" 2000-2500 lumen 4000k led light to save on long-term maintenance and provide better kitchen lighting $50 on amazon.

The areas mentioned almost all homes come with asbestos, popcorn ceiling lubricants and led based paint.

I have no debt and live extremely frugally (which is what led me to the investing path).

After inspections, they found termite damage on the second floor... which led me to back out of this deal.Third property under contract was another duplex in a nicer area.

A hot Portland market led us to sell our little 900 sf bungalow rental in exchange for a six plex and another SFR in KCMO. 

My googling led me to this great resource. 

The latter had very user friendly interfaces, answer guided questions which led to more specific questions.

Also, in the basement, our inspector found pipes coming from one of the foundation walls, which led him to believe that there could possibly be an underground storage tank.