Get rid of the guru books and start out in the very beginning with RE text books used in RE classes for Agents and RE 101 College text books, anyone who can read at a 9th grade level can study the basics.After that you can look at strategies and mailing out your yellow or colored letters.

Both are billed in two month cycles, so by the time the tenant showed his true colors and we received our copies of the bills, we were already three months into it.

He passes with flying colors with more that enough income and great credit score.

So the big platinum colored Weil McLain tank to the right is purely hot water storage.

Such increased values are not taken by insured lenders.I can't change what the rules are, lower of cost or market, 12 months in RE valuations (marketable assets are different, they go at current book value, a horse of a different color, but I'd also say in reality, that any security that jumped in a very short period to double it's value probably wouldn't be taken at current book as collateral as it would be considered a very volatile security).The rules and regulations as well as definitions are what they are, opinions won't change them, I didn't make this stuff up, they have been effective for decades longer than I've been in business.As I mentioned, there are folks on BP who disagree, some for the opportunity to disagree, some to validate what they do, some have other motives, but it is what it is, you'll do better my understand the how valuations are treated.Point made on accounting matters, we are getting off topic in David's success story as the topic. :)

When you buy a car for cash, you get proof of ownership, also called title, in the form of a document, often referred to as a "pink slip" (regardless of paper color).

There is baseboard and window/door trim that is white; some other color for walls and ceiling) My gut feel is that this is expensive.Any input, including positive experiences with handyman or painters you've used would be much appreciated.

I probably should have let the potential buyer select their colors and tossed them the keys, but I really wanted the satisfaction of living there for a time so I turned them down.

I got full color, front and back postcards for about $0.055 each.

I would be working with the realtor and designer to get their 'buy-in' on the colors/style for a faster sale.Would you sell the place as is, and use the rehab money for the purchase of a second property, or go ahead  use it to rehab?