In fact my wife and I are working on polishing up our primary residence to sell soon. 

But my target areas are probably a little less polished than yours, and I'm looking for areas with room (and the expectation) to improve in a couple of years. 

Smart people adjust their life style, clear their debt, polish their credit scores and financially position them selves for success by mastering personal money management.Investing in real estate should not be used as a path to clear debt, you need money to be a investor.

Hey folks,I'm polishing up an older triplex in Tacoma and having a hard time finding someone to tackle a fairly straightforward punch list + a sanding/staining of deck. 

And, if so, do we polish it up or sell it with its blemishes?

We now use Buildium to manage several hundred doors, and it works fine for us--this is not a plug for them--there are many accounting programs on the market that will present a professional and polished picture to whomever is involved.Your point is well taken -- this is a business and needs a professional touch in every aspect possible. 

My remodel money estimate was assuming bringing bathrooms to rental level, not retail polished level.

I've been through Utica a bunch of times and always try to stop at this certain Polish deli down there.  

Don't necessarily hang out as in post a lot but I check in a lot, so here are some of my fav's: A bit of a car fan so: bimmerforums.comtheautolog.comnewyorkmotorclub.comOthers: entrepreneur.comallrecipes.comwikipedia.comzillow.comcnn.com <-- not my primary news sourcelinkedin.com youtube.commyspace.com :shoot: nasza-klasa.pl <-- it's in polish kind of like myspace lol..O and: http://zfacts.com/p/461.html :crying: Have visited DYI and will most likely be spending more time there too.Many others but these are the top ones.

I want to be the turd polisher around here...