I will work on getting the rest in better pricing on materials.

I have no affiliation to the following companies other than I have used, and continue to use their service.

The inspector determined that the problem was limited to the garage and the rest of the house was fine. 

Then, give them a free week of access to your list.If PropertyRadar comes to your neck of the woods I think your service might be in trouble though!

I'm 24 years old and think I'll be self employed for the rest of my life and want to finally start preparing for retirement.

I think the issues that you are going to run into is that technically you incurred these costs before you started your rental activities and before you placed the property into service.

We offer full-service property management.

If they get sick enough where they can't pay, be patient, but also see if they have family or any special services can help out

I then pay this amount at closing and the rest I can keep.

You can even go diamond pattern to the linear strip then square the rest of the way just to mix it up from bathroom to bathroom.Ultimately you should go with what a majority of yoyrvtenants will like the best and whatbis the most cost effective (which equates to cost per tile vs the longevity of the tile).