As a newcomer to the investment scene in Cleveland, Ohio, I've come across a property that requires renovation and a layout overhaul.

When planning your layout try to figure it out so those kinds of things do not have to move far or at all.

The layout of our site is unfortunately very attractive to criminals.

As far as lessons learned, despite the lack of a conventional parking layout the projects great location has allowed for a smooth sales process.

I also want a quiet street and prefer a ranch layout, 3br.

You’ll need to know the layout and where things are because guests will ask (assuming you’re self managing).

Thanks for the advice.We are getting the samples taken for proper testing.The house is built in 1962 and we are planning to renovate it which would involve removal of a couple of walls to make the layout more functional.

@Jack Taylor - if you are more of a visual person, here are some diagrams that might help you further on this quest: Asset Protection Decision Diagram - to help assess the need for asset protection, and what to implement: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-decision-diagramAsset Protection Onion Diagram - what, when, and at what cost one should implement in terms of asset protection - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-onion-diagram-v2What is needed for complete asset protection OR the domains that need to be intersected to find asset protection - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-spectrum-diagramHow a fully implemented asset protection layout might look. - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-structuresIf you want more details, from an investor perspective, PM me. 

I agree that if you lay out everything upfront I can imagine it would be less of a headache down the road as with a lot of things in life.

This is all based on my subjective experience and intuition, but the biggest questions I asked myself in deciding how wise it was to take on more debt when I already have debt were: 1).