I have a couple of properties where the driveway is stone ( not Tar and chip for those that know what that is) just stone, as matter fact i did one myself, truck load stone and a rented backhoe just compacted with the bucket of the machine run backwards over it and riding the machine on it.

Like @Theresa Harris mentioned if you have a solid compacted gravel driveway with good drainage might not be the best use of your money.    

If you need the cash for the repairs and taxes maybe get a Temp Job from a Temp Place.There are 7 days in the week you could work towards this and getting the place in rent ready shape for only a few thousand dollars worth of spare time work is a GREAT opportunity to get a monthly rent check coming in with no mortgage.Just my 2 cents.

House hacked by renting out spare rooms, Rented out for two years and then sold for profit What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Hi everyone,I have been owner occupying a duplex (renting out one full unit plus spare bedrooms)  in Dover since 2016, get rents totally $3440 monthly, seen great appreciation on the property value, and want to open a HELOC secured with the property. 

Hi everyone,I have been owner occupying a duplex (renting out one full unit plus spare bedrooms) in Dover, NH since 2016, get rents totally $3440 monthly, seen great appreciation on the property value, and want to open a HELOC secured with the property.

Then you don’t risk the dream during a recession where people won’t have spare cash for vacations.

Try to get the price down to low $900s so you have some spare. 

After not being condemned after either hurricane, our view was even more spectacular because maybe 10% of the houses had been spared being condemned. 

@Paul Flynn  I would not wait on the sidelines to wait for the market to crash to buy buy buy....but I'll spare some $$$ to buy (just in case if it's crash or most likely slowing down).