For example, the layout of one kitchen might lend itself to adding a dishwasher easily.

. - Only 4 houses down from my current home in metro Detroit, MI.We toured the property and it was a hot mess, easily a complete remodel because of cigarette smoke damage that seems to have reached every corner, but the prospect of redoing it really excites us.

When you have a standard rental property (where you do not live), you can calculate cash flow very easily. 

An LLC can offer some protection, but LLCs are easily overcome when it comes to negligence.I think things are getting confusing.

You can EASILY retire with 10 paid off properties in Vegas unless you can’t “get by” on $150k a year.  

I have a degree in Project Management and could potentially find a job in another market if it would better support my real estate investing goals.Here are the questions on my mind- Should I keep saving and wait to buy something locally in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Connecticut, where I could manage the property more easily?

I could easily tell you based on where and the property features for the Tampa area for example what your annual projection is and how I would see that breakdown per month. 

During Covid, the home could have easily went for $1 million.

If so, and you have equity this can easily done. 

Multifamily values have fallen somewhere between 20 percent and 40 percent since 2022, meaning that the LTV today could be greater than 80%, and very easily could exceed 100%.