. ($250)If he does plumbing, a lightweight aluminum monkey wrench (cheap option) ($30)If he does drywall, a RotoZip tool and some bits. ($50)If he's more on the small projects side, a Dremel rotary tool with a lot of accessories. ($100)If he's been doing this for a long time and does all sorts of stuff, a Fein Multimaster kit. ($300)If he tends to work alone most of the time, a Rockwell Jawhorse. ($200)If he has a 10-inch table saw, and most of us do, a Freud thin-kerf combination blade. ($80)If he messes around at all with granite or marble slab, a Makita wet stone polisher ($300)If he does wood flooring, pneumatic Bostich Mark IIIFN (Flooring Nailer) ($350)For that matter,the right 16-gauge manual nailer (Bostich MFN-201) ($220)Any sort of roofing, buy him a heavy-duty climbing harness ($100)Good sized air compressor for woodworking and painting ($200)If he does tile, he likely has a big 10-inch tile saw with a sliding table, but he'll still appreciate a more mobile Ridgid 7-inch saw of the same basic design.

@Nabil A.I would double check the type of wiring they used aluminum wire or knob and tube for very old properties were and it can be hard to get insurance and if you can it may be expensive.

I just had a fix & flip rewired from top to bottom (it was old aluminum wire) and had copper put in.

We are actually in Southeastern area, and this deal truly is unusual and that’s why I am interested but proceeding with caution.

My home is in Upper Arlington, has a stucco exterior, and the old aluminum windows. 

Curious if others have repaired older aluminum siding that no longer wants to stay interlocked in multiple locations.

It had some water damage near the chimney flashing on the inside and outside, a water leak somewhere in the roof that was repaired cheaply, and old aluminum windows that are in need of replacement (home was built in 1965). 

The main focus of my business was in the Washington DC metro area and Southeastern Florida. 

“Overcorrected” from being stationed overseas in small home for 3 years and bought the big house with a pool in Southeastern US 2 years ago (I just started listening/reading about FIRE and real estate investing ~6 months ago…wish I had done that sooner).

My main question is, knowing that there are much cheaper houses in the midwest and south eastern states that are more ideal for cash flow, what is your process for choosing an out-of-state market with 0 knowledge/experience of that market?