I'm going to have cut my rent in half to allow the restaurant to make money.

Being able to accurately estimate the rehab costs and understand that the buyers are looking for some equity in the house after your cut.

from what i see, you are such a cut up!

I'd use plexiglass instead of wood and cut the holes with the same hole saw I use for roughing in recessed lighting.

Small lots after you develop with set backs , curb cuts e t c it will be no land left for parking and you will have issue finding a tenant after spending all the money to develop it .

A lot of MLOs will sign off on anything, but in my experience in lending and the secondary market for notes, it's good to fully underwrite your loans and not take short cuts.

1) Credit cards2) Personal loan (some banks and credit unions still do these)3) Get a second job4) Peer to peer lending5) Sell some things you own6) Cut back expenses as much as possible

Do you go cheap using vinyl and bland appliances even for a first time home buyer market or do go with tile and stainless steel to attract and be the out front property? 

I just bought a new property and, in talking to my landlord friends, have found that most of them don't provide any of these.Installing a dishwasher in my new property would mean:1) cutting out some of the cabinets (it's a 1951 house, so the kitchen is already small, with limited cabinet space) or2) get a portable one that the tenant could connect to the sink when neededThe washer and dryer would be easy to put in, but the hookups are also positioned where it would be easy for a tenant to get them themselves (directly by outside door) without danger of tearing up the floors.I want to be able to charge fairly high rents for the property, and preferably rent to a family (it's in a hot neighborhood and has an absolutely gorgeous and huge backyard, which is rare).

My fiance is working very many hours to make ends meat but it doesnt even begin to cut it we can barely pay our bills and were so in debt and I cant even provide basic needs for my babies.