How is it an investment property if your rents do not cover expenses?

@Jonathan Partsch, have your contractor to take measurements of the kitchen and take pictures if you want a visual of the space to help you understand it better.

I am wanting to know if I could make the sides out of wood and cover them with hardie backed board (concrete board typically used to attach tile on) to protect wood frame from getting to hot and catching fire.

Often times the rent will cover or exceed your mortgage costs.

The pre-moveout inspection is an opportunity for the landlord to list any items (beyond normal wear and tear, ie holes in the wall, stained carpeting, broken blinds, missing or cracked switch plate covers, etc.) that must be repaired or cleaned prior to move out.

(rent income covers expenses, mortgage, and more)My experiences: How many properties and how long have you had them?

Providing pictures below.

@Anthony JankeFinding something that would reduce what you are paying in rent would be an improvement but I would encourage you to try to find something that would at least cover your expenses. 

I understand ARV all depends on what I accomplish in the rehab and what needs to be done to the house, although I have yet to look at the house with my own eyes this is just what can be said from pictures on several different listing sites.

Account Closed Why would you do a subject to deal if you could cover the risk?