I got a taste of real estate 5 years ago when I bought my house 3/2 and made the garage into a studio or as we call it here in Florida an efficiency, I've been enjoying the benefits of house hacking.  

It may include doing physical upgrades to get higher rents, bringing in new management to run the property more efficiently or filling vacant units with paying tenants.

I would be doing this 1x/month, so therefore I need to be efficient with my $.Thanks in advance for any feedback!

I think you need to do it with the efficiencies that come with scale.

Send me a pm if you would like to discuss.I'm also a own a wholesale supply business and I get cabinets, flooring, windows all factory direct.Thanks

I felt more confident in choosing a factory repair, lesson learned. 

That factor is location.

If you want to do it yourself then there are some good resources on this site for helping you to learn how to do that effectively and efficiently (I'd start with some of the podcasts and also read up on the books they recommend on the show notes).

In an efficient market, you can not make above normal returns in the long run. 

Besides, these days an energy efficient home is more attractive than an identical looking home with replacement parts.