Many of us will do the low end work for a reduced price simply to make the numbers work for our long term customers.

The Market Cap Rate also works in your favor if you can reduce expenses or raise income.

Also interested in reduced risk with dogs causing trouble with neighbors.

@Tiffany Alexy, aside from reduced personal space, any downsides to pseudo house hacking your condo?

I would use the money coming in to pay the next mortgage and so on.I have not gone through with the plan because once I drop that cash it is gone and my investment potential will be reduced.

With increased rent, they pay every month so you reduce your risk. 

Halogen has been the "higher end" lighting - drawback with halogen is that the minimum voltage delivered to the bulb must be something close to 11V or the bulb life gets reduced.

and since the sump has to pump water out, that reduces the amount of pipe needed on the sump pump discharge.I do have a house with a floor drain in the middle of the floor but it was built that way many years back.

Recently, Fundrise started utilizing their site to pool opportunities together for a crowdfunding investment trust (eREIT) so there has been a reduced amount of inventory to choose from on their site.Without a doubt, Realty Shares has the most ample inventory available on a weekly or monthly basis over the past year and a half compared to their peers.

I say a "few hundred" because after the scope of work done by the tree removal guys is reduced by not having to work around the lines, the costs of removal and line burying will be just a few hundred dollars more.I will continue describing our experience in later posts.