@Kim Handelman , I would just set some goals, especially a money number wether it be cash flow or profit per deal and engineer it backwards to the starting point and take Massive Action.Happy Investing!

I work a full time job as an Engineer making machines for manufacturing companies, but I have always wanted to invest in real estate and am now starting to get into the finer details of it so I can take it on as a part time and eventually have it become my fulltime job. 

Install some inexpensive Factory Seconds Engineered Hardwood.

The way the law works in Ohio - any landowner can petition for drainage improvements on their property by filing a petition and $750 with the court, the county engineer assesses the situation and draws up plans and costs/benefits, there are a couple of hearings, and then the county commissioners decide whether to approve the project. 

Environmental engineers, heavy equipment, destroyed yards all the way around the house (because of course it's not buried where it's easy to yank out).

An engineer will be inspecting on Thurdsay to give us a better idea whether or not he should walk away.  

Does anyone have a preferred search engine optimization company...VA or otherwise?..

Question is whether we should install the highes end laminate (looks great and more durable) or engineered/solid wood (looks great but less durable).?

I've faced the same question several times and have found an approach that worked for me as an individual investor and now as a Realtor in Las Vegas whose business is almost exclusively investors.By education I am an engineer and I've learned that you have to reverse the process in order to find the solution you are seeking.

This specific building gets messier and messier: It's in a flood zone so any improvements will have to make the whole building match the new flood code (building's worth about $50k; repairs will be at least $50k); the building is in a historic district; when SAR shored the building, they put the shoring on the foundation of the adjacent building...meaning the structural integrity of the adjacent building may be in question; the first engineering company didn't want to take on this project due to liability issues...the list goes on.It's a total PITA.