Hang out at your local Home Depot and talk to the folks who work in each department.

On both units, I've installed sediment filters, industrial strength water softeners (not the cheapo ones from Home Depot), and reverse osmosis systems.

I use Allure flooring available at Home Depot.

I started a wholesaling group and spend my Saturday mornings with them.I am looking for my next purchase at the court house steps, while I am working on a few more.Good Investing...anaheim, brea, costa mesa, coto de caza, cypress, dana point, fountain valley, garden grove, huntington beach, irvine, la habra, ladera ranch, laguna beach, laguna hills, laguna niguel, lake forest, mission viejo, newport beach, orange county, placentia, rancho santa margarita, san clemente, san juan capistrano, santa ana, stanton, tustin, westminster, yorba linda

You will need to supply the lockbox (can buy at home depot).

Tile isn't hard to do - take a free class at Home Depot and pay attention to what they're saying. 

If doing this, I'd probably do gift cards to Lowes or Home Depot... 

Also, as a self-managing investor, those 10 trips a day to Home Depot when starting out may get very frustrating without a car haha!

Any other pet add-on advice is appreciated.They are smoking on the patio, also expressly against the lease terms.They are into organic gardening, which is fine, but has resulting in a bit of a swarm of fruit flies in the dining area.

Which is in the Livonia/Garden City/Redford/Canton area.