And along the way sell some apartments and pocket those fat commish checks I sold a 5 mil one a few years back and that was a smooth 100k in my jeans for a couple weeks of scouting finding and following it to the close..

So for you it might mean opening a different type of credit card if you find the box stores are messing around with you because a limit like I’ve got won’t get you very far with a whole house renovation.

Where are the grocery stores you will use, restaurants you generally like, do you want walkable or suburban.  

I have family members, friends, and even a next store neighbor who are RE investors.First, my dad.

Go to a one of those dollar stores and get one of those flat floor mops, the one with the sponge on the end, or go to Home Depot and get a better one if you want to keep it, or if you have tall ceilings.

there a a difference between "Investing" and " Gambling"....Sometimes its black and white.... sometimes its a gradient.I dont have a tolerance for gambling or loss.And I have a HUGE intolerance for business plans that include exit strategies of  Buy High and hope/wait for appreciation  or Bankruptcy, or Buy High sell Higher to a Newbie, the local grocery store, hardware store, xxx retail store ( you fill in the blanks)...

Remember; pigs get fat and hog's get slaughtered. 

Might be a better card if you get a big kickback at the furniture store and you need more stuff, or travel a lot.  

I would prefer to make a business plan to target a small grocery store property.

I want to put gas station/convenience store.