(I am not an attorney, but I do expert witness work FOR attorneys on a variety of mold-related issues.)Often times, I tell folks to take photos of how bad it was in the beginning, how it looked when it was all cleaned up, and then how the finished product (rebuilt area) looks today.  

For example, you can leverage up to 10 homes using Fannie/Freddie financing which is still one of the best loan products on the market.

TSP walls, prime with killz (they actually have a water based product now called Restorer that I’ll be trying soon, so much nicer than oil based and my friend who owns a restoration co suggested it), paint.

What's the best type of loan product for this, to have a low monthly payback?

I think D4D isn't very productive from my experience other then if there's a property you're already interested in, or like you said getting to know neighborhoods, but again this can be accomplished once you have a potential deal to go look at.2.

If you are planning on leaving the floor in for a while, do some research with people who sell the products about the newer color tones.  

Your loan officer will help you find the right product for you!

You don't want to be stuck in a variable rate product long-term.Or... depending on what your current rate is, do both (refinance into a lower rate and then put a HELOC on top). 

Especially with more fiscal stimulus, as opposed to just pure monetary stimulus, the inflation will hit consumer prices much harder and because of global reduction in production we have a deadly combination of trillions of dollars flooding the currency and fewer goods to purchase.

We're seeing the margins start to widen, and some more product with the Fed tapering but all the pricing hasn't adjusted just yet.