If I can't spend a dollar and either make or save more than that dollar down the road, then it's not gonna work.All that being said, we have been using Allure Luxury Vinyl Plank for a number of reasons.It's available at our local Home Depot in lots of varieties for $1.50-1.99 per sqft.It's super-fast to lay with the pressure activated adhesive strips and easy to cut.It's a relatively thick floating floor, so that means no underlayment costs and can go on slab, wood, linoluem, even if the subfloor is a bit uneven, it will flex smoothly.It's ultra-durable.

I have read many, many forum posts, blog posts, and heard it talked about again and again on the podcast, but I am thick-headed in some things and this seems to be one of them.  

Put some thick plexi glass  windows in and watch a thief try to break through those puppies!

You have to have a really thick skin to deal with that.

Which, in Sol's case would make a level sidewalk -- but he'd have no positive drainage pitch -- so he wouldn't  solve his problem completely.This stuff dries so fast, too -- I think they recommend doing like a 12'x12' area at a time due to the quick drying and also due to the relatively small amount that you can feasibly mix up at one time.So, per your suggestion to Sol on building up one side, have you been able to mix the stuff thick enough to create a positive drainage slope of a couple percent or so? 

There was so much thick algae that you couldn't see down more than a foot.After calling a few pool companies, I decided to DIY and essentially followed the plan from @Gabriel Rebustillo.

Also, for some people, it may take asking the same questions, six different ways to Sunday, before the answer sinks through the thick gray matter to that ahhhh moment.

Therefore, fund your investment entity with more than enough capital to see the life of the investment through thick and thin.

I can not wait to get into the the thick of this.

Basic stuff you should have, good simple tool belt, 2 good pencils, 16oz claw hammer, 2 flat tip and 2 Philips screw drivers (lots of things you can do and get done before messing with power drivers)  16'+ steel case tape, retractable utility knife with blades, 2 1/2" putty knife. small nail bar, small mag light, safety glasses, steel toed shoes/boots with thick soles to bend nails over instead of sinking them in your foot.