The corner looks beautiful. 

I am trying to keep costs low, so we are just keeping it the natural oak color and hopefully it turns out beautiful!

If your okay renting to someone with neon pink hair teardrop face tattoos and lips and nose covered in trinkets and fish hooks then go for it

(I'm not downplaying experience, I just happen to have a friend in another state who has been a vortex of weird real estate events over the last couple of years, and every agent she has worked with has been a long-time pro - some of the most hair-raising things I've ever heard of have happened or nearly happened due to their advice, so I'm just saying... :)

Those can be very costly mistakes but very educational ones as well.The beautiful aspect of real estate investment is that there are multiple strategies that can work for each investor's situation; there is no "one right way."

Also will save you from getting white hair LOL!

Focus on function over beauty because there's a chance it will move a lot and tenants generally treat things rougher than you would.

It varies greatly  My parents live in a huge & beautiful home in the ‘Shelby Forest’ area (SF backs up to Meeman-Shelby State Park & there are many homes in Shelby Forest’s extended area up the bluff towards Tipton County that are close to million dollar homes).  

The property is in Chino CA 91710 - definitely not a ritzy Beverly hills place, but has potential to be beautiful.

Now we have a beautiful lake cottage that is sitting.