Would love to discuss what you are planning to do. 

If you're planning to do a rent-by-room business model, you will find travelers on FF looking to rent a shared space, but just know that they tend to be on the lower end of the scale in terms of what they're willing to pay.

I'm not planning to use the money to purchase anything.

We are planning to upgrade all the units and increase rent by using quality material. 

The plan is to turn 2 units into 2 beds/1 baths.

Looked at all their podcast reviews, categorize them based on what people likes and didn't like, then emailed him my results + a plan to improve the podcast + that I would implement the plan for him for free. 

We will have approximately $50k cash available when we are planning on buying which, in an area like Boston wouldn’t allow for much.

If you plan to become heavily involved in REI, you probably want an inspector who has built long-term business partnerships with other investors, so ask for those types of references.

We will be taking out a wall to open up the floor plan and I don't want to be exposing anyone to lead dust, but I'm not sure a test is necessary if the materials are being removed regardless?

Nothing ever goes smoothly, perfectly according to plan, without any problems.