@Roger Gelpey the government may consider it "Perfect tile" but that doesn't mean a title insurance company has to insure it. 

We remodeled 2 kitchens, 2 bathrooms, added another bathroom, replaced dated tile floors with hardwood throughout, updated plumbing and electrical. 

I was merely using the LLC as the entity to receive this "income".Thank you @Eamonn McElroy for laying out that this should be reported as ordinary income. 

Without blaming anyone else and taking full responsibility, the author really lays out the plight of the American Middle Class (and himself).https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/Inspires me to keep investing and building assets and saving so I can spend on what I need and in times of emergencies.  

Lay out milestones for next 1,3,5, 10 year period ++ moreEasy!

From this point, I will try to lay out what I'm looking at, and I post this in hopes that I can find some direction, tips, advice, or critique. 

(Assuming the biggest reason for a a larger than average cash discount would be fear it won’t appraise, maybe a title problem or less likely, a problem with the property.)Having $250k laying around is a good problem to have  is that the only neighborhood you’re looking at?

What is the industry standard for how you lay out time lines/deadlines, expectations, penalties for lateness of work, etc?

Tiles were a little moldy and adjacent walls were wet.

But not easily and not always in map for and certainly not able to lay one map over another.