I'm looking to learn on a more professional level the business or real estate and selling properties.

Since you have already had an issue talk to someone at the "Senior Vice President" level. 

We had an employee who assisted with acquisitions and he recently left the company abruptly.

I used to use Barry Scott at Scott&Co Surveying in Raleigh. 

I can give you very high level calculation to understand both scenario...Lets say you buy 100K house with 1000 rent... lets compare all cash against leverage...All cash InvestmentYearly return = 12000 (Rent) + 2000 (Appreciation) - 3000 (Tax + Insurance + Capex) = 11000 = 11%LeverageYearly Return = 1000 (Rent Cash flow) + 2000 (Appreciation) + 3000 (Amortization) = 6000 = 6%Now when you leverage investment at 20%, you can buy 5 house from 100KYearly Return of 5 Houses = 6000 X 5 = 30000 = 30%There are more tax benefit in this deal also as your positive cashflow is lower...If you are planning to buy multiple houses, Leverage is always better...

Some great info and knowledgeable resources on this thread so hoping to reignite it and get some feedback on my situation :)1031 exchange Co own multifamily with sisterI co own a multifamily with my sister.

Any experience from your experiences, in terms of flooring choices that will keep people from complaining too much, but also keep noise levels down?

Additional benefits would be no need for chimneys and no chance of CO poisoning, less chance of environmental damage from oil tanks, and less ongoing maintenance.  

Original floorplan Is funky and besides opening up some walls not trying to redo entire main floor plan1) Has anyone had issues having laundry room on 2nd level as far as selling/inspection?

Neighborhood-level data is more volatile, but in the past three months, median prices have dropped $397,000 in Kirkland-Bridle Trails, $125,000 in East Bellevue and $87,000 in Southeast Seattle.