Prime Location: Modesto boasts a thriving market, attracting investors with its potential for value appreciation.2.

@John Thedford here we are some years later and wholesaling is still thriving and legal if done correctly.

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Logan - Check with your local nursery on the ground covers, they're experts on what tolerates and thrives in your climate.

I think I have solved the problem, just waiting for a rain to prove it before recovering the trench with concrete.Plan for my company:Real Estate investment is not my end point, and I believe with the proper plan I can skip the standard "buy 4 green houses, and turn them into one red hotel" method.

In general, Miami is a thriving (long & short term) rental market with lots of folks moving in and out. 

Got a lot of little green houses that could certainly benefit from some cost reduction.

Joe it sounds like you really have a thriving business as well as an inspirational story.