Ouch.. but we still made a bunch on it.. but those things happen.In one subdivision I was building in the neighboring builder went with the cheapo framer.. and when you went in the house it look like the TREES of MYSTERY house along the Northern CA coast.. yup built it out of plumb drop a golf ball at the back of the house and it will roll right out the front door on its own  LOL.. not sure how much he lost as he sold it as is.. but no one in there right mind would pay close to retail for that.

Tax that fellow behind the tree."

Made morning tea time about studying property investing?

Or just getting a Christmas tree. 

However we have clients who have tax liens, gas and oil rights, llamas, trees, etc. think of working within an investment group or real estate group to gain knowledge and experience. 

I've seen properties subdivided and the road (which was private) became a public road and all trees lining the road were cut down by the city. 

The grass was long and the shrubs and trees had grown into many parts of the chain link fence.

. :-) I'd love to meet up for coffee/tea and chat about REI.

You can invest it in real estate, stocks etc. my cup of tea is investing in mortgage notes where I know a lot of passive investors use their IRA to invest because it is mailbox money when your buying performing notes and typically they have plenty of equity and provide double digit returns

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."