GenevaIdeas I've considered: * Rent them as "hobby space" for artist studios, workshops, or man caves, clearly stating in the ads and lease that no commercial use is allowed. * Turn garages into a 1BR loft-style apartment.

Legal disclaimer:I am not a carpenter, I am merely an Internet know it all who lives in a cave and has pet rocks as tenants :)

Sounds like you got a pretty good start to a man cave and workshop.

To my delight, what I expected to be 600-800 job came in @ 400 on the first bid.

Keep your rate fixed but, do not cave on the rate just because you want to sell the property quickly.

I've never heard a peep, except on a nation star short-sale, they were grumpy about it but they caved after a couple of really grumpy emails.

However; if you're not a contractor, and know nothing about construction, you do not want to start tearing down walls, as it affects the integrity of the entire structure, and your roof could cave in.

Tiny living room, even smaller kitchen and a bathroom that has the floor caving in.

His threshold for pressure in negotiations was too low, so he would cave too fast.So fast forward a couple years and his average wholesaling fee was $3,000, while mine was $5,000.

I demolished it much to the delight of the neighbors and build two great homes that sold in the planning stage.