However upon entering the apartment after it was completely vacant and keys were turned in we discovered NUMEROUS damages that had been hidden.

With CWU being centrally located in town there are numerous investment properties and strong demand for housing for students. 

@Joshua Dorkin has said in numerous podcasts that you cannot anticipate appreciation and the market typically dictates that portion of the investment.

There are numerous experts in our field right here on BP and most are eager to help by offering you advice and providing answers to your questions.

Talk to as many lenders as you can and have numerous options, or find a high quality broker that works with all of the major HMLs, that way they can help you navigate the landscape.

If you install perpendicular to the front door and continue that through the hallway,IMO, you'll have a lot of waste because of the numerous cuts that will be needed with every plank in the hallway.

There are numerous ways to increase your knowledge.  

They have numerous properties free and clear, thus the need for the LLC and asset protection.

However, the things that made me question my future involvement with this unit were possible big expenditures like all the water lines being made of iron (nearing the end of their usable life before cracking on this 1960’s house), a giant tree root running through the center of the crawl space (could disrupt foundation further), or numerous large pine trees either already dead with limbs hanging or leaning over the roof that needs replacing already.

Even though the suggestion is out there the reality is that I shouldn’t expect folks to do this all on their own dime in this market.I didn’t want to pay for all or even part of numerous inspections, that could add up.