As of now we will no longer seek to purchase additional properties in Oregon.   

If you or someone else is handy with repairs this might work but if you have to call a service company expect at least $100 to show up plus parts and additional time. 

That said if it gives me more freedom to make the right career choices or it allows me to act on investment opportunities in the next couple years, maybe it will have been worthing eating additional expenses for the first several months.  

Now the numbers don't work.I went back to the drawing board and decided I would benefit more if I used the majority of the funds on the cottage and add a bedroom addition, while keeping the caterer in place and collecting higher rent.

In my personal opinion many people latch onto W2 income for far longer than necessary. From a viewpoint of maintaining W2 income to qualify for traditional financing I can understand it however when the ball is offici...

Quartz is a high end addition that only costs a little bit more than laminate.

You must take into account the amount of money you can make today and value that versus any additional gains over the additional timeline required to complete your original objective.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I set the expectation up front that the inspector will provide a full report and a detailed list with photos and video in addition to making himself available for questions. 

In addition to working with a good realtor to find deals, you might consider doing a mailing to find off market leads as well. 

If a Task was partially done, they will be paid partially for that Task and will get the remaining the next week when it is done.The other item I will do differently is the getting of additional materials needed.