And if your rental is on acreage - whether foothills or plains in CO that is really what your children need rather than another 100 sq ft of room to get lost in.I raised 4 boys in 500 sq foot of sailboat. 

Every tried to buy a 5-inch 20-foot rough-cut white oak board?

Other approaches (Cap Rates, GRMS, etc.) are not nearly as reliable when talking about residential properties... and if anyone mentions $/square foot... kick them.

In 2014, she bought the 650-square-foot space on East 12th Street for $749,000, and planned to continue living with her parents on East 11th Street during the renovation.Four contractors estimated the work would cost around $120,000 and tried to steer her toward a more traditional look, raising concerns that creativity could cost her buyers

The super told me he doesn't want anyone like that in his work environment, they climb up and down 250 foot tall steel structures in a petrochemical refinery.

Strive now to develop your horizontal income stream to put yourself on better financial footing for your future.

We are building a new deck as well, small deck that’s only four foot high.Painting, crawl space, sheet rock work, tile for kitchen and bath will all be subbed out.

With that being said, I am hoping to get some guidance and critiques on my plan to get my foot in the door. 

I had a hard time moving into a 1BR/1Bath 800 square foot apartment style unit (because we all want a big house with big yard and garage!)

If it were my stairs, I would have regular oak treads put down and then have an inexpensive runner tacked into place to protect the treads and provide better footing.