If you are going to use a solid stain on the cedar you can skip the wood brightener product but you will still want to pressure wash the wood to clean off dust, oils cobwebs and also open the wood pores to accept the stain and sealer.Have Fun!

No town is healthy without some rich people in it to keep the town prosperous!!

However, a healthy dose of paranoia is in order, IMHO.

The lower end of the market generally has brisk sales, with DOM 30-60 in most areas in this healthy "sellers" market where there is a healthy appetite for rental units from investors and hedge funds.

Though I wasn't even born yet, I have a healthy appreciation for the leverage we sometimes "flippantly" employ.

However, we have a growing university and healthy student rental market with about 95% occupancy.Now, it was the seniors "Bar Crawl" today so the realtor warned me they'd be partying and it's the end of the year so houses are in rough shape.

Even though 16+ years out it is information I will I will be aware of in my continued pursuit of a healthy and financially secure retirement.

As for financing, it sounds like you have a healthy savings reserve.

This is where I would add some caution about overextending your leverage, but it sounds like you're making good money and will be able to have a healthy reserve fund on hand for the issues that may come up.

If you risk a lot (~$1.1m for your project), you'd expect a healthy return.There's no shame to passing up the "bulk of the profits."