The most important thing to us is spending time as a family, and dont want to commit to a life style that requires 60+ work hours a week.

Real estate will never go out of style.

I believed I could make more money in REI thanks to leverage, rigorous tax planning, market timing (2009) and BRRR style.

They focus on Industrial and Commercial flat roofs but are excellent in shingles as well incase you have a mansoor style Flat.Or if you're a property manager or in property management or starting a property manager business & you need a roofing company to work with you and your property's. 

Donate the clothes and furniture for a tax write-off.

I found that they replaced vinyl in sections rather than the whole floor and used a different style and color to do so.

Well if you don't own the laundry you could fix it by uninstalling it and telling them to go to the laundry mat to wash their clothes.

The FSBO from Step 1 took blurry cell phone pictures at night time and included photos of family pictures, clothes (not the closet with clothes hanging, but actual photos of close-ups of shirts), and had pets and people in pictures.

There are some older styles of pipe that break down over time and today’s codes may make replacement unfeasible.  

The foreclosure sale is the auction style sale that takes place "at the courthouse steps" or other suitable public location.https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california...If there is equity, you may arrange a sale with the owner like you would any other typical real estate transaction.