It doesn't help that our town is heavily relient on the carpet and flooring industry.

In some ways similar to the PacNW in the USA (open spaces, lots of rain so very green, mountains, etc).

I prefix my search terms at google with "site: biggerpockets.com" (but without quotes and without the space in-between that I had to insert with a post-post edit due to BP mangling of the text otherwise) and google just searches on BP.

You don't need a hazmat crew in space suits to clean up some blood.

That is only 3 weeks per year, so the property is going to have to running very high occupancy in order to meet that 15 day min.Here are some other criteria that lenders will look at when considering a property.Minimum of "x" square feet In proximity to vacation/resort area Separate Kitchen Space, Bathroom and Living Area/Bedroom Kitchen to be equipped for food preparation Voluntary rental poolsFinally, with the real estate market undergoing a bit of an adjustment there likely will be more information available on default or foreclosures in the upcoming year.

Renters do you prefer painted wood floors or carpet?

Painted floors (no carpet), cheap miniblinds, used appliances are the standard.

Every house in the neighborhood has a 2 car garage and I really think the house needs the garage -even at the expense of the floor space.thoughts?

For concrete floors I generally use the ones that slip over the hub since you can't typically also screw the flange down as well.

When i was around 15 i started working for my dads Friends (RE Investors) doing odd jobs in rehabs lots of demo work, roofing, painting, decks, brick and block wall work, drywall, flooring you name it.