My original thought was to fill in the gulley and build a warehouse structure on it to rent out as either an auto shop or larger storage type facility.

The cost for material would be $15-20 on the low end and that would leave only $$25-30 to go to the store buy a door knob come back and install.

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Dining rooms are a complete waste of space and are typically used to store stacks of news papers and old computers that don't work.

It's in a part of town that is being revamped from former industrial to nice stores, shops, restaurants, and businesses and I believe there is even some money offered to help revamp that part of town if you purchase something and help improve the area.  

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

I don't want to get a storage unit and move things there to show our house to sell, and can't store much in the garage as summertime in vegas (it's already in the 110s so inside a garage gotta be 120s).

I come across a person who has a commercial strip of 7 stores free and clear worth around 2 Mil.

Depending on the demographics of the area, I've found that Home Depot/Lowes is fine for just about anything going in a regular rental.One must consider return on investment and buying fancy custom cabinets won't yield much if any more rent that box store shaker cabinets, especially in a duplex.Get some decent cabinets and a good countertop and you should be good to go.