It all sounds very polished and the big $ opportunities are very interesting to me.

I would imagine that ANY city would prefer to have a house like that demolished to polish up the area. 

Linoleum actually is all natural and buffs and polishes beautifully.  

I am looking at a park that is pretty awful, which too me is exciting because I see lots of potential to take this poorly maintained commercial property and polish it up for some killer profit.

Once there, they turn up the heat with very polished and professional "motivational speakers" who know how to work a crowd. 

I buy from neighboring towns he does not invest in and get the properties low enough it makes sense to take the risk on buying without inside access or utility on.If you assume its paint and polish, you will get burned. 

My buddy and I may have found a diamond and all we needed to do is solve a few people's problems and polish it up. 

@Chris GrenzigIn addition to vinyl plank mentioned in the posts above, I have clients who will finish (polish) a concrete slab and use it as interior flooring.

And when I do need to analyze a failure, knowing Griffith's crack theory or how hydrogen embrittles polished metal comes in super handy.   

I am fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English, and Polish and speak some French.