When first starting out, in order to save money & build up your investment nest egg - you usually end up doing everything yourself.

Steve Babiak - yes, the chimney is for the fireplace only. uses logs or duraflame. everything is in operationg order; no nests noticed, etc.

It's been a learning curve to say the least but a lot of fun and nice to see a nest egg building up for retirement if all goes as planned.

I'm doing my absolute best every month to add to this nest egg.

By some people’s definition, he should be sitting at home ... retired and living off his retirement nest egg.The best way to answer your question is for you to contemplate your personal and family goals, desires, and requirements.

At that time, you may "cash out" the equity by getting a larger loan.Perhaps a better decision would be to keep the existing loan knowing that you have a nice nest egg in case of emergency.

My husband is a GC so why not start creating a retirement nest with Rental Homes via Tax sales.

I've received consistent returns from this and am confident I could get the money back out with minimal delay.Also, do not invest more than 10% of your nest egg in any one deal.

One of the tenants asked if I could have a big tree in their yard chopped down because she thinks there may be a wasp nest.

So that takes a pressure off, and from there just start saving everything you make from renting it out for a while and that will create a nice nest egg for future repairs.