The kitchen, all bathrooms, and deck had to be completely replaced, which included removing walls and moving plumbing. 

A roofer sees step-decking and waits until all shingles are off the roof to tell the the owner that they need another $5k to replace the decking with plywood.

They are very easy to install if you have a drill with a hole blade.

We've LandHacked 7 acres up on Stevens Pass and have the property decked out with a Yurt, Tiny House, Historic Schoolhouse, and more to come, rented on Airbnb.

Even thought about buying a whole lake and building a modular luxury cabin resort with every cabin having it's own deck right on the water, so you can jump in. 

I've helped numerous friends with their home renovation projects, from concrete to decks, to windows, siding, roofing; the list goes on.

i get one of those mechanical lock boxes from masterlock and mount it to a post or the deck, in the event that the smartlock fails i can get them a phsyical key from the lockbox by giving them that code.

:To each there own but financing everything is a deck of cards some get lucky but if nobody saw what did/is happening, some don't.Ryan -It appears to me that you have a very narrow view of the financial situations of investors.

We have done a TON of updates, both upscale kitchens, new cedar fence + deck, refinished floors, completely new exterior paint this summer, new roof 3 years ago, among others...

If it was a single family home renting to students I might have them handle the lawn, and provide a push mower- the type with the blades driven by the wheels and no motor.