I do a lot of repairs and maintenance myself when I come down in the winter and during the quarters I make the trip, but here's just a sample of things I had to pay for in the last year:Pool screening: $985 (big hailstorm destroyed 13 screens)Irrigation repair: $394Irrigation repair #2: $230Palm trimming (twice: $200Pool light replacement: $950And all of that of course leaves out routine replacement of towels that get left at theme parks, sheets and pillowcases, busted blenders, and a host of other things I can't even think of right now. 

After it is clean, keep it unplugged, leave the doors open, lighlty spray it with something like pinsol (nothing to puddle, more like a light mist), and let it air out for a day or two. 

Never invest in any city on this list: Mapped: The Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.Rent control - Some states and metro areas have implemented various kinds of rent control.

We only lightly sanded/roughed surface of cabinets after a thorough cleaning and time to dry, then we primed with a water base heavy duty primer (we used 1-2-3) and got Enamel Sherwin Williams paint (like $100+ gal). 

I'll be calling them this weekend or early next week to ask them to execute/implement it. 3.

Most of us are not deserving but still not all of us are lazy, and we really want to step up in the warm light of direction to support our families in this cold land...it starts with a roof.

None of this was caught on the home inspection.One example: we discovered a garage light not working.

I trusted this agent because she was recommended to me by one of the MTR gurus/book writers as a high professional investor-friendly agent.I had planned to implement a mid-term rental (monthly) strategy, but I cannot do so due to HOA restrictions and high insurance costs.

how long are you going to carry the burden while you build out the "resort"what amenities, marketing, management will you be looking to implement?

.$2M in, at this future time, lightly levered RE.Supposing this is close to what you’d love, one could spit out a financial plan that looked something like the following:- Max HSA- Max 401(k)Use leftovers to go on a shopping spree buying RE at relatively low leverage, potentially on 15 year mortgages, in local LCOL area (which probably also means a relatively reasonable cash flow market)Obviously I’m making a ton of assumptions here and will be wrong in ten places.