Nothing crazy expensive, but worth the investment. 

At this rate, Mickey may be my most expensive eviction to date.  

(Residential real estate as a whole, is 27.5)So No, you can not now just expense a whole entire rental in 1 year. 

@Benny Cash Boston, especially inside RT 128 (aka I-95), is hyper expensive, so your budget will be your guide as to what towns you can afford. 

They will look at your expenses- college tuition , insurance, food, car, gas, etc to see if you qualify for a mortgage.Also- one option is to get added to your paretns credit card if they have had it s along time with good credit- this will boost your score. 

My spidy sense started to tingle at "$500 each in profit," that's a lot and makes me think that either you're not properly accounting for all of your expenses or you have so much equity that your ROI is terrible.

If you go to meet ups you will find plenty of OOS investors, common in expensive markets like the one we are in.

I feel until your business can handle the expense of marketing I wouldn't over spend on it.

Both very expensive but durable.

If it's a B class property laminate counters are appropriate, stone and hardwood will maybe help at time of sale but you will not recoup your expense if you over develop the property.