However keep in mind I buy highly distressed properties to leverage my skills in the trades.

When the opportunity arises I plan to trade up my 2 C and B SFRs for two more A SFRs.

Liked the idea of starting with a small multifamily so I could hone my property management skills, build a support network, and being able to diversify my rental income with two units instead of one.

Generally those trades people will farm that same area, and don't want to risk a bad rep.

It is like futures trading, I lock it up at a price then sell it later.

When you go to trade in a car at a dealership, they don't tell you what your car will sell for after they get it, that number has no bearing on the transaction at hand.

If you have never rehabbed a house before, make friends with a very good general contractor who has crews and suppliers and project management skills that you will not have.

Yes, you'll certainly need electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits, which generally have to be pulled by those individual trades, licensed for that trade.

Does anyone know of software that will allow me (who has no artist or architectural skills) to draft a simple floor plan of a house I'm rehabbing?

So I posted in "gigs" and in "skilled trade" that I was looking for a handyman TOMORROW, listed the scope of the work, and mentioned that I preferred someone bonded/insured.