I am about to begin a rent ready renovation of a house in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta.

How about loans for renovations?

Trying to get a couple more deals done.If you are good with your hands you can renovate most yourself.

I ended up doing plans myself for a renovation and all was fine -- but I had an ally at the building department and some experience in design/construction so that helped a bit. 

I think it'll cost more to renovate these two particular buildings than it's ARV.

Depending on the relationship you have with your tenants, you may get threats, etc. but they don't have any standing against you.Aside from renovating the kitchen:I would definitely have the HVAC checked and serviced by a reputable company in your area.

You could resist it with section 8 after the renovations are complete for more money.

I had remodeled it and put about 9k of HVAC on them and renovate it.

This partner relationship and experience will be far more valuable going forward when you go to acquire larger properties than the value of the “lost“ profits on this first deal.

., which can be 1% to 5% of the purchase price (depending on the current condition).If you are funding the renovations out-of-pocket, you will need to raise that.