The way I look at it using a commercial retail attorney is spending thousands in legal lease fees to protect hundreds of thousands to millions in income over years and years is well worth it. 

@Jonathan TaylorPlenty of info to grab in the form of education-  Real estate is a business where we are continually learning… Keep reading, keep talking about real estate with friends and like minded individuals, but the best way to learn is to get in there and get started....like  was previously mentioned there are literally hundreds of ways to invest money in real estate –  so the first step in the process is to figure out your niche or what type of an investor you want to be… Do you want to invest in other people's successes, do you want to be a landlord, or what? 

@Jd Martin I think you're right....or maybe I can add vents from the crawl space to the main level under the cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom to help with equalizing temps between the main house and the crawl space.

We use white shaker cabinets that are hard to open with no hardware.

Anything for that sort of money has been passed over by a hundred wholesalers for a reason.  

On paper it looks like I could essentially replace my income when I get to two dozen rentals cash flowing a few hundred dollars a month.

I keep track of everything on my computer using a spreadsheet and also a folder in a file cabinet for each property, if I have an expense, the date, amount and purpose goes in the spreadsheet under the correct property and the receipt goes in the folder, been working well.

The apartments had to be completely stripped of insulation, drywall, cabinets... everything!  

There is always hundreds of properties to analyze, so if your spending anymore than 10 minutes putting together an initial offer it will take up a lot of time on owners that may have no interest in selling at your price.  

@Garrett Pyros My crew refurbished cabinets.