Keep the sink where it is, add the dishwasher, then take the cabinets around in an L with the fridge at end of the short side (along the basement stairwell wall).

I am focusing on B neighborhoods and since the rents and prices vary by the block within hot neigbhourhoods, I am having a challenge zeroing on a few.

(Side Note: if you really want to jump your credit score in a few months (because it takes time for the reporting to update), and if your disciplined with your spending try this;1st) I went and did the math to see what my positive cash flow each month off my active income (let’s say you’ve got $500 left over after you go through your monthly spending avg. which is all you kick out vs what you bring in)2nd) Go get a credit card with 0% interest for 12mths with NO higher than 5% transfer fee.( their are some with low as a 0% transfer and I had got that one on my 2nd round cause my credit wouldn’t let me at first)3rd) do a transfer balance after 24- 48hrs of opening the card (Nope you don’t need wait to actually get the card just call in and tell them over the phone to send a Blanche transfer check to your bank account in the amount of your car Balance; because you’ve only got a 30day window of transfer with 0% interest for the 12mths)4th) PAY YOUR CAR OFF IN FULL, and take your old car note (let’s says it $450mth) plus your $500 positive cash each month and add all $950 each month to pay against the balance on the card5th) in 45days start checking your CreditKarma app (its free) and don’t worry about the 5% if it’s larger than your car loan % because once you’ve paid your car off your score will go up and in a couple months of $950 your car will be paid OFF not in 2more years or so...Thus saving you probably more than $2,000 in interest on the car loan (so you get to keep $$) and time in payments.Your saving money on interest (keeping it in your pocket thus making your pocket bigger!

I would suggest that you get a full time w-2 Job and do real estate on the side.

I have, however, dealt with plenty of landlords and Airbnb hosts in my travels, all of which has shown me the money to be made in being on the owner's side.

in hot markets agents may take 1% listings on the list side and 2% on the sale side since listings are money in the bank.. you see all sorts of discount brokers.Or like with me I listed a group of 22  duplexs in 04  seller was having a hard time moving them..

I googled things like "hot rental markets" and "fastest growing cities" and there were a bunch of lists that came up. 

@Cory Ballantyne,Try to come up with some kind of creative side hustle to increase your income.

It's a duplex, so one side will be rented while the other side is undergoing rehab.

If you truly gave them your best offer, and they didn't bite and are 100% opposed to holding any type of paper, you need to appeal to the emotional side as opposed to the analytical.