Also, try to find the root cause of the mold/moisture problem.

But without the agent in place, without his smiling face selling our offer, without his deep roots in the community that go back decades, without plate after plate of rubber chicken and lumpy mashed potatoes at a thousand social events, without charity bingo every Friday night at the church for 20 years, the deal wouldn't have been made.

These numbers put a little damper on a super-sexy 50% ROI, but they'll let you know whether the property is really going to make you money.Last point and I'll get off my soap box.

I personally didn't think it was in bad shape, but I refinished it and left her a nice note with a bottle of wine and some bath soaps.

I decided that this was the place I needed to grow roots.  

I hate to say this, but when things drag, the root cause is not usually the contractor.

So, if correcting such outlandish ideas for readers who have little to no knowledge and might think what you are saying is a good idea or rooted in some fact, then I have always been fond of the statement, "I'll be your Huckleberry".Default servicing is referred to as 'high touch', meaning the file requires a lot of handling.

And like @ Brie I don't need to be huge but big enough to enjoy my life.There have been books and people who have taught me but the book of past Hard Knocks is in my roots.

The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil

I am inclined to buy a fourth property, a three family, with a mortgage solely as an investment, and possibly a fifth (a townhouse) for my own use near family and roots.