To further along what Bruce said, 380 is undergoing major expansion work and that was the spill over around the lake I was referring to.

.-- I have some skills in remodeling/construction and some vacation time I could take to do more major repairs/upgrade/etc.The main goal I'm looking for advice is how to go from being a single family house hacker to owning a commercial real estate space that I could art studio hack (share loan payments with other tenants that I manage) to use as a shared art / video /dance studio? 

With a little digging, you should be able to find the manual for your particular meter model online. 

Hello,I'm a real estate agent, my client is selling / renting out an apartment that was occupied by a previous tenant and needs major cleaning, wall painting and fix some lights and a crack on the kitchen backsplash.

Search for VA loan criteria online.

Major systems like HVAC and septic must be in working order.If any of those items cause an appraisal to fail, you can consider an FHA 203K (construction) loan. 

I highly recommend using Quickbooks Online, especially if you are planning to use a remote bookkeeper or CPA.   

In addition to the above, once you put your apartment online for rent...you will know if it's reasonable or not based on the number of inquiries you receive.I just placed my 1/1 w/ Office online and received 60+ inquiries within 2 weeks.

Next would be online crowd source, then HMLsNo need for LLCSame. 

These national online portals work good on properties that attract the Good crowd.