By the way just food for thought I have been investing for 20+ years and building a new home was the most annoying project I ever did.

burning bulbs in the kitchen and not a single person for 40 minutes(at least, may be a lot longer).Joke around the house "Do not even try to talk to him after Noon, he is done for a day(wasted, completely)".Landlord, who live at the same building "share" food of tenants.Tenant, looking in the fridge: where is my so and so?

Unfortunately most Americans are ill-equipped for retirement and she estimates that 49 percent of middle-class workers will live on a food budget of less than $5 a day — poverty-like conditions

If you just did this work full time as a contractor on other people's properties I think you could make way more then the $40 profit in 2 years (+ free living while you do it).Or continue to do flips but oversee the work on yours and several properties at once and leverage that skill into more profit.Just food for thought as to how you can take that passion and skill that you have and make it work for you even more.

We did have to raise the amount as food prices have gone up.

I was in India about a year ago and enjoyed it tremendously, especially the food.

Like the image that Whole Foods tries to portray.

A new Whole Foods was recently announced in a neighborhood surrounded by blighted and vacant properties.

Recently, a Whole Foods was announced in a low income area - very interesting!

Just food for thought.