Sorry if this is a rookie question and I understand there are a million variables but if someone could share their expertise based on experience it would greatly help the design of my strategy.

I will start talking with someone on here, over email, phone, etc. and then we may not have a reason to speak again for a bit and I will then, many times, forget that I had wanted to touch base with that person again until way later.I work a lot, so things slip my brain pretty easily.

You’ll need to sign and have the tenant sign an EPA form that states you don’t know if there is lead (unless you test, you don’t know, even if you’re pretty sure based on the age) and provide a pamphlet about lead in your home.

I'm working with a client based out of Indianapolis that is interested in the Las Vegas market for obvious reasons. 

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.These are two properties, 5 units and 1 garage.  

The plumbing for that tub should be on the other side, with an easy access panel right there at the base of your 1st photo.As for the hinges you could drill a small screw into the hinge pin and then strip the head so it can't be removed, but that is not the kind of answer you want on a new construction home.

@David SmitI think you're setting yourself up for failure, and I'm saying this because your predicament, in it's base form, is far from unique.

I did not think stated income was even allowed anymore following the blowout recession based on all of the janitors claiming 100k incomes???  

This is the Dunning-Kruger effect in action.With any luck, this is water-based paint and she didn't sand the old finish, so a heat gun will lift it off nicely.I would see how the removal and refinishing goes before charging her.

Is there some way to get a loan based on the fact that it will become an income producing property?