Food-  buy a box of 1 gallon freezer bags.  

Little did I know even on the brand new wires he was running, he was twisting them together with no junction box!

The bigger point is that if you use Walmart, Lowes or some other big box paint the base colors can and do change which will make touch-up difficult.

It's a market that fits a lot of out state buyer's buy box due to the price-to-rent ratio, but investing out of state is not easy.

Anyone can go to any website of any big box retailer and see how unusual that is.

But if your budget is tight or your home only needs minor updates, your real estate agent can help you think outside of the box by suggesting simple DIY staging tips to help your home look its best.Bottom LineStaging your house properly can make it much more attractive to buyers, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution, and every home shines differently.

I admire your spirit and outside-the-box thinking my friend.

I'd say just start your search with all 2-4 unit properties, and when you find one where the numbers make sense and it checks your other boxes (somewhere you actually want to live and house hack), then it probably makes sense. 

I want to create a GMB profile for a market I invest in, but I don’t have a physical office address in that state.I’ve been looking into virtual address services like iPostal1, but I’m concerned it won’t be approved by Google since they seem to have strict rules about virtual or P.O. box-style addresses.

It checks all my boxes for potential.