I would also get estimates to have your roof cleaned before the hearing, and use the cleaning as a bargaining tool, "Would you allow me to have it professionally cleaned as an alternative to replacement?"

Its a carefully balance system that can change over time and easily corrected by a professional.

a small minority get rich in real estate through pure tenacity and luck, vast majority that are able to 'make it big' already has strong foundations (i.e. capital).If you're already gotten as far as med school, the smart thing is to finish it, get a real job, then use the high income to leverage low interest debts for investment.Jumping ship this late in the career game from a high trajectory track to something like real estate with no experience or other foundation is a calamity in the making.

Then, go out and get a professional inspector to give you all the dirt on the house.

Competing for grants and other monies from foundations and the govt is a whole 'nuther level that requires ongoing efforts by professionals in the grant writing field.The B Corp appears to me as a feel good pseudo entity at this point.

If you mean protection for general liability (tenants, visitors, slip & falls), just grab an umbrella policy (~250/yr for 1mil covering ~5 properties, about 100 for each increment mils), simplest thing you can do and beats the couple thousand in fees a professional will charge you.If you want or need to do tax sheltering strategies or optimize estate distributions etc, then definitely go for a qualified accountant or attorney.

I have many friends and acquaintances who are fee based planners and frankly even those professionals have a vested interest in selling product.

I have had a fiberglass tub/shower surround refinished professionally 3 years ago and it has held up well.

Hard money lenders, which are professional lenders at high rates for renovation loans, charge 12-15% and 2 to 5 points up front.

Professionally, my interest was specifically bond- tax free munis, fannie, freddie and higher yielding corp. stuff- nobody but institutions do that kind of biz these days.