I’m not saying don’t negotiate on your behalf and get paid adequately for your work but I am saying make the value come first and be ok with sharing generously of the fruits of that with others that have helped make it possible for you to add that value. 4 be consistent.

I enjoy the idea because I think it would be a broadening experience personally (learning carpentry etc) but also I know I would enjoy the work (as I like to see the fruits of my labor).

I think VM drops will get the "low hanging fruit",  but I wouldn't rely on it.  

Here, 365/360 = 1.0139, or a 1.39% increase, which does juice up a return on a multi-decade amortized loan.It's negligible for a 6-month simple interest loan.

Discovered that in the 3 months in the house they broke the glass out of the oven door, left a puddle of shrimp juice in the refrigerator, discovered what trash they didn't burn in the back yard they threw over the fence, and spray painted our bird baths red (left the cans in the yard).

/snarkI know we like to laugh about the image of the lazy contingency lawyer looking for the low hanging fruit but I can guarantee if you, an employee, a contractor or anyone on the property on your behalf directly or indirectly causes serious injury to the tenant, or God really help you, a child, the existence of an LLC owning properties mortgaged to the hilt will delight the attorney looking to take the case.

You judge someone BY their actions, You judge a tree by its fruit not it's leaves.Look at it this way.

Maybe I because I still haven't tasted the sweet fruit of investment income..Maybe I need to expend my dreams and goals, since that new shiny kitchen is looking less likely to happen:-). 

Hi all, I'm looking forward to a fruitful membership on this site.

It is also common to feel you are being short-changed by measures intended to address the systematic issues.That aside, I agree that everyone who works smartly and hard to get ahead should be able to enjoy the fruits of her or his efforts and that discrimination is something to be overcome ... by all of us.