Most of the time the transition strip is a thin metal it looks pretty snappy when replaced with a piece of sold hardwood and it is easy and cheap.   2. 

Can you remove a cabinet fill piece and shift the cabinets?

Loans are available for properties owned by LLCs, but the terms won't be as good as for properties owned by a person.Umbrella liability insurance should be another piece of your asset protection strategy.

At first he said his credit was bad because he had his identity stolen then when I later asked him about his credit he said it was bad because he owned 285 pieces of real estate before the recession hit.

I still get aggravated where the government lets the tribe buy a piece of ground off the reservation, then place it in trust and become exempt from taxes. 

I listed to a lot of podcasts here at Bigger Pockets in addition to Flipping Junkie (Danny Johnson) and learned how to piece together an automated system to manage leads.

@John ThedfordYou can expand from your personal investment/small business arena in stages, and see if and how much you'd be comfortable expandingAs a first step, you can take on passive investment partners on any loan you fund; usually the promoter (you) would get all the points, plus a small servicing fee, then each participant would get the remaining return pro rate with the capital invested.  

I have looked at the numbers and I am not really saving any money this way, but I get great service and piece of mind that I can call her at any time and get a thorough answer.

The goal of contracting a piece of property is to gain equitable title, and eventually conveyance.  

Promote the place in order to gain many possible prospective tenants.