I finished college in 2013 and although my degree was in engineering, I have always had an interest in finding something outside of my field to pursue for my future.

The water lines in one of my duplexes was replaced before I bought it. 

I am an Engineering Manager for an oil company and have been in oil/gas engineering for a little over 15 years.I am interested in multi-family investments.  

The fridge is white and we wouldn't be replacing it until necessary, so if we go with stainless, the appliances will be mismatched for the time being.

You need to understand contract engineer and how to use disclosure clauses to be able to flip properties honestly without getting in trouble.

Thats not a way to replace income.

I'm also like you a newbie that works full time (as a civil engineer in Lenexa) and am looking for outside the job passive income.

I would think many systems might be shot and need replacing.

The wire railing systems are appealing to me because it would allow for the open floor plan feel to be continued.The railing that is to be replaced is shown in the photo and the wall to the right of the photo is removed replaced by a 1/2 wall into the kitchen for the "open" feel.Thank you for any feed back and if you have different ideas please share!

Honestly, our income and our bills are such that it won't take a tremendous amount of passive income to replace our current income and keep us living at the level we're at now, which, while not great, isn't horrible, either.