Negotiating hall bathrooms cooling is trick, electric base for heat is easy to do to but negotiating cooling there can be a bit tricky but there are split zone ductless units that can handle this situation.Googling 'in wall HVAC' or 'in wall hotel style ac' will get you plenty of retail places that will match the supply house price a non tradesman will get.

Traditionally, Building Supply Warehouses dealt with contractors only.

The "crisis" as they describe it is lack of supply, particularly in starter homes, and how first time home buyers are getting crowded out of the market.  

Not sure what kind of supply of contractors you have in Jeff City, but you should do some more digging.

After I drove to the house with my truck loaded up with supplies to repair a floor and wasted a ton of money on gas, I find that a few peel and stick tiles had been damaged by the tenant.

Fix and Flip a few houses a year for those larger profits and then in keep 1 as a rental for the monthly passive income. this will help you establish as that a steady stream of passive income monthly and larger chunks of change for the saving account. it is possible.

The only source of light is lamps the tenants supply.

Last year was in the lower end of that range, not because of demand but because of supply.

But the best is having a locked shed on the property where you can store supplies and an extra tool box.

We need steady deal flow.