Depends on the foot traffic, the quality of the flooring used, and how well it was installed.The good flooring might last 15 years.But, I usually see it looking pretty bad within a year or two because people buy the cheap stuff and do a crappy job of installing it themselves.

The opportunity came about organically and we have been working together to get things off the ground over the next few months.We have the who/where/what we are targeting, currently getting all of the proper licensing/business structure/paperwork in place, and the roles that will be in place.

Working on organizing our rehab at the moment.

@Carlena Alva the best way to find partners is to create them organically.

I work for an organization that purchases foreclosed properties and owner finances families to get them in to a home for what is usually less than rent in that area.

It really depends on what organization is doing the appraisal and what their guidelines are.

I will say it is working, as I monitor web traffic.

We'll be organizing our finances by building (Property in the drop down menu) for both tax and profit/loss statement purposes. 

In fact, I've already started seeing more traffic to my blog from random Internet searches with terms that indicate people are trying to learn the industry.Has anyone else started seeing the signs?

There are many social organizations HE can turn to for help.