It's already well in motion, and 5-10 years it will be even more cemented.

I.e. for carpenters, knowing how many doors need installed, all trim installed, addition of quarter rounds AFTER floors are refinished, wood filling of all nail holes and caulking of all gaps in trim.Tile installers: installation of wonder board, with all seams taped and cemented.  

After listening to podcast 35 today and hearing yet another person say they started by buying a multi-unit, I've all but cemented in my brain this is the way I want to re-start my investing career.

There were so many times when I would show up and find someone doing something like putting dollops of cement along the edge of a wood floor and want to scream at the level of babysitting required to keep people from making these kinds of decisions.  

A large and deep hole was created and two vertical steel beams and one horizontal steel beam header was built along with a steel beam in the floor which was wrapped with rebar and filled with cement (after this photo was taken of course).

I'd go with stained or polished cement With stained they can usually add and 1/8th" or so overlay (they then stain the overlay) so any preexisting stains or anything is fine Polished cement (in my experience) is the opposite - they essentially remove 1/16-1/8" of existing cement, so surface stains will be removed but anything that has really soaked through may still remain to an extent Yes water will get trapped between the LVP and existing cement/water barrier - for this reason I would not do LVP Could go tile - but why would you when you can stain/polish it for cheaper and not worry about cracked tiles years from now when you can't get a replacement 

Look into cement countertops.

The other plus is it will cover us if my husband wants to do an excavation job or make a cement countertop for someone (his new passion). 

We also redid the cement in the backyard and added walkways, new sod, new water heater, new garage, new windows and doors, LED recessed lighting throughout, new carpet, drywalled the garage and epoxy'd the garage floor, and as an added bonus to the homeowners; purchased a brand new samsung washing machine and dryer.Purchase price: $510kRehab: $115k (Includes labor, finishes, taxes, insurance, utilities, etc...)Commissions: 2.5% = $18,750Sold for $750kProfit: $106,250BEFOREAFTERWe added the subway tile after a couple days because they weren't installed yet during the professional pictures.

Reading your post cements my new thought process.My husband and I purchased our first two properties about 8 months ago.