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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

There are programs to find solds so that would be a good idea but an agent can pull directly from the MLS.

Using design boards, you can directly see the light fixtures contained in the kitchen next to the lights going over the vanities.

You are going in the right direction. 

@Paulette Midgette I haven't looked at that statute in a while but I would check to see if the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act ("HICPA") applies to this situation.

The key is to interview your PM and make sure whoever your direct PM will be is on-point. 

Two separate property appraisers (at the direction of the lender) were sent out to appraise, and neither was willing to appraise it as a "residence", and thus financing fell through (conventional primary loan).

The law also doesn’t apply for abandon properties.

That's already in the law and applies to floors, windows, lawn, etc.