I would avoid this kind of granite, especially when installing an undermount sink and/or a complicated edge treatment in a property with numbers like the ones you're talking about.Now if you were in MY situation, in significantly cheaper single-family properties, I almost always go for laminate countertops, and I usually make them myself.

No garbage disposal, limit chlorine bleach, don't pour grease down sink.

In 2 story buildings you will usually find the bathrooms stacked above eachother with the kitchen sink not far away because they all need to drain.

Is cleaning up garbage, scrubbing toilets, fixing broken sinks, carpentry or any of those the highest & best use of your time? 

It is when the Trustee sells the home at auction in a foreclosure action.If there is room in your deal to offer the wife cash for keys, she may be pursuaded when she realizes that she gets nothing in the foreclosure.Then again, she may have a different mission, and want the ship to sink so that her husband cannot benefit. 

You have a great amount of cash on hand to buy multiple properties in MT than sink it into a potential money pit in Minnesota.  

My residents stay an average of 5 years or more. 3) Max Rent: a complete household system enables one to charge a bit higher than rent by the room rates b/c it offers a bit more and is more valuable to renters.  4) Maintain a Wonderful Property: a complete household system gives house-members helpful systems on what to do when maintenance is needed, who in the house will manage when the technician visits, the residents loves when the PM does a monthly walk through their common areas, there's always someone handy living there who knows to check under the sink for leaks, and the housemembers know who is going to change the HVAC filter and when and keeps cleaning even.I hope I explained that all. 

I can never make more time or avoid headaches which is how the Grove's very organized program adds value.BOTTOM LINE: I could have continued poking around the internet to figure it out myself, I could have overpaid for a property and then over-improved and lost money as most new investors tend to do; but, with the education and network the Groves have built, I avoided those time sinks and headaches.

And the time I spent writing the lease, screening the tenants myself, go over to the property if the kitchen sink is leaking?

Your question will be answered and debated many many ways, as there are multiple approaches to your path there.I would suggest finding a seasoned wholesaler in your area and trying to help them with their deals to learn quickly and sink your teeth in on some real-life action.Me personally, I would start on by finding SERIOUS PROVEN BUYERS, which you can find at your local REAs.