If its transferring to your feet you shouldn't need to deep clean too much but you can work your way up to a low speed buffer to scrub and wet vac the floor.

Does anyone have some quality books they can recommend that would align with my goals of buying cash flowing rental properties?  

They would allow covering it up which might be doable with a heavy residential or commercial wallpaper but repainting by a quality and qualified contractor would probably be too expensive. 

You are on the right track....now you just need to increase the speed of the train :)Best of luck in all your endeavors.   

The main lesson we learned was work with contractor who has done a full rehab of old homes and does quality work otherwise your rehab numbers will be completely wrong.

Certain asset classes will attract certain qualities of tenants. 

Try to look up cap rate in your area as well. see if you can find in on costar. the better the quality of your property, the higher the occupancy, the lower you can push your cap rate.

With the company branded material you get less leads but better quality.

Hi Erik,If it involves taxes your CPA is probably your best bet.Maybe do what you can on your own, and have your CPA on Speed dial vs email (however he or she prefers to work).They say a picture is worth a thousand words.Good Luck!

Look at a few houses on the market and study the different foundations, quality of build, etc.