What are your thoughts on self designing home renovations for resale vs working with a professional designer? 

I may have little to no choice but go with mini splits (ductless AC) for a portion of a house I am rehabbing.  Does anyone have experience with trying to hide them? I am most concerned with disguising them the best I ...

I also run production on the rehabs as their project manager analyzing the market for the ARV, calculating the budget, designing the remodel, hiring the trades, photographing, staging and listing it on the MLS to sell.  

Pick an aspect of the flip and it went wrong: over schedule, over budget, manpower issues with contractors jumping off the job, design flaws, payment terms, forgot to fill the oil tank over the winter and ruined the radiators and downstairs flooring...

My contractor put together a caad layout of a new proposed kitchen layout for a buy and hold in a C+/B neighborhood and it looks like it needs a little refinement. Can any of you make suggestions on how to improve the...

., the money isn't going to be sitting there when you get back as it turns out that borrowing several hundred thousand dollars requires active participation on your part and you will realistically only be able to e-sign things while away, but you could/should be able to submit the basic paperwork, do a 60 or 90 day rate lock to get the BREXIT interest rate pricing that's still present but could go away at any time, go on your trip prepared to e-sign things from your laptop, designate someone other than yourself to host the appraisal (can't be your loan originator; rules), come back to a conditional loan approval waiting for you (it'll have things that require more than just e-signing), fulfill conditions, sign loan docs (signing that 100+ pages must be in person, notarized, and ink-signatures), fund loan, go on your merry way. 

We are looking over plans now for the design

Most of them are designed to help you succeed.

@Nicholas Armstrong love the lay out and the designs/materials used.  

It is strong enough now to do the job it was designed to do.