Have spent my career in Finance and now looking to begin investing in real estate. 

The cost and time spent really digging into these two books can be life changing. 

Not to mention a couple of $4.00 coffees a day and no clue what brown bagging is.I'd bet that most college grads spent more time learning the ins and outs of student loans than budgeting and financial planning.  

I spent 3 months just educating myself. 

We spent $105,000 remodeling the entire upstairs units.

The only thing is  if we installed washers/dryers, tenants would have access to a rear alleyway as well as the electrical panels, fuse boxes, main panel, water heater, and phone connections.  

At that point you're looking at effort spent for $12 a month.For every 100,000 borrowed:5 %  - 25 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7015 - Monthly - $ 5844 % - 25 yr - Annual Payment - $ 6334  - Monthly - $ 527Savings of $681 Annually or $56.75 Monthlyor 5 % - 20 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7919 - Monthly - $ 6604 % - 20 yr - Annual Payment - $ 7272 - Monthly - $ 606Savings of $647 Annually or $54 MonthlyYes refinancing can make a huge difference, but with appraisals, closing costs, environmentals, you can easily look as spending 5k-8k on a commercial or 2k on a house. 

The other thing is to think outside the box.

I do, indeed, do really estate, but I spent 25 years as a banker, and as a banker, it seems I never learned to read.

Any advice about selling unique properties that do not fit into traditional market boxes?