Unfortunately, most on main street see wall street as this big bad wolf. 

Mainly looking at Toluca Lake/NoHo area (<$550K), but open to others. 

I’m in the salt lake area and I am looking to do something similar, but I’d be living in the MIL and renting out the main house.

I would use competitive ad copy and drive traffic to a landing page that features your main selling points front and center, with call now and contact us buttons below. 

Mainly, the systems implemented are fascinating (VA, automated offers, etc.)

When I was younger, my father owned three buildings in an urban area on the main street, which is where I grew up. 

I'll just cut and paste it here:"There are two main ways that house flippers are able to overcome the (very real) problem that most renovations don't increase the value of a property by at least 100% of the cost of the renovations:1.

After five years of active duty I deiced a change of scenery was a good idea, which lead me to Cape Cod.My goals in real estate are buy and hold rental properties, mainly multifamily.

So if you're in effect redoing the entire kitchen, it may be worth your while especially if you factor in the long term appreciation to the property.

And Bedbug laws are a factor in their formula?