We want to remove the small wall between the kitchen and living room and need to find out if it is load barring.

The dishwasher won't come out without busting up the tile in front of the dishwasher cavity.This is one of many reasons to dislike the kind of fools who put hardwood floors in kitchens.If the hardwood's nail-in random-length, you can bring the pieces in front of the cavity out slowly with stiff scrapers and pry bars, and then nail them back in, face nailing the last few rows. 

I operate a brick and mortar business which was opened in January 2016, the building consists of a 3000 sq ft bar and (2) 1000 sq ft retail store fronts in which my business occupies 1 of the 1000 sq ft spaces.

Again, the bar isn't set very high.

@Robert E Bogino the guesstimate is really due to both properties being high standard finishes but downstairs unit has more amenities like higher quality stove, wet bar, tv and surrounds system this is because the owner was living there and will be leaving all the stuff.

But its a rough community and too few landlords are willing to do their part to raise the bar. 

We had the first priority in mind to see how we could help others, and only bring up the investor search as a side bar if it felt right. 

I found one tonight at a bar in Nashua on meetup, but I’m a little on the fence about it because my mom is high risk and I’m helping renovate her place at the moment.

Your expense assumptions are mostly a standard inflation rate barring any deal-specific issues. 

I was able to rent a big house for $2,000 a month in East Austin because no families want to live in the worse school district, and next to a ton of bars (great for STR!).