The roof was caving in and the flooring was rotting away.

I've sold homes with basement walls caving in, water spraying, and spiders larger than the cave scene in Lord of the Rings. 

Vickie Cave Seriously?

I distinctly remember close to a decade ago standing in his backyard holding a beer and talking about a "when I win the lottery I am going to build a sweet man cave/workshop" and we projected costs.

If I can help with management of your properties also I would be delighted to help.

Ask all the questions you want, there are some very sharp investors here who would be delighted to help in any way possible.

So great news regarding that 3 family property that I talked about above where I pulled out of negotiations after the owners wouldn't come to where I needed them to....I'm so glad I just pulled out of the deal and didn't cave and accept their original rebuttal of my offer which was to only cover $7,500 of the closing costs.After the property went back on the market and within only a few days it was under agreement with someone else.

The successful bidder was initially delighted to find the Maserati in the garage, once owned by the former house owner who had a substance abuse (aka "living better thru chemistry") problem. 

Today I finished @Brandon Turner 's new book on creative finance.It was terrific.Thanks to BP and @Joshua Dorkin for publishing it.I'll admit that I did not expect to learn a lot, as I have been investing for a while.Turns out I was wrong.Most of the concepts were familiar but the spirit was different.It was more creative in its application of concepts than I would have expected possible.As I went for my run today, I found myself re-planning my up-coming portfolio refinancing.I was delighted by how much the book made me think more creatively.Post run, I decided I would deploy a suggestion from the book.But which one?

Prior to beginning construction I had a vision of the ultimate "MAN CAVE".