., hanging something) then just leave the plaster, do your thing, patch it and move on.If you have to disturb larger sections you run the definite risk of breaking the "keys" that hold the plaster tight to the lath, so you might find that sections start to fall down which can create a cascading/domino like effect.There are probably ways to carefully cut out sections that can reduce the chance of that happening, but like I said, the general rule is that if you're disturbing large sections you might just have to replace the whole area with drywall to be done with it.I don't have specific tips on the gas and oil changes re: RI's commitment to reduce/eliminate them.

I also plan to replace the carpet in a couple of years with LVT.

The siding is asbestos and is in decent condition but has some small replacement pieces here and there.

Siding, windows, doors, and floors all need to be replaced, in addition to a new addition being built for the kitchen that is also needed.Type of financing sought: Unknown???

The only thing I did was replace the floor with vinyl. 

We've replaced the toilet and have removed a small section of rotted subfloor with sheet vinyl flooring on top and replaced it with LVP.

I still haven't done enough research to decide yet, but cash flow would be the ideal scenario to hopefully replace my W2 income. 

One specific thing I put into all of my contracts was that I could get out of the lease at anytime as long as I found a new tenant to replace me OR paid 2 months rent.

As an exercise, every time you say you “can’t” do something, replace that with “won’t”.

I worked with an outstanding gutter replacement specialist who replaced all of the gutters and downspouts on my SFR this summer.