They will just be concerned that this are places to eat, shop and do it safely.

Did the right thing when opening the walls but lost the eat-in kitchen.

Was eating breakfast with my sister at Sambos and asked the usual waitress question anyone mention maybe buying or selling a house this week?

These expenses add up very quickly and can eat into your margin very quickly.

I thought of partnering with family, but then thought of how much it would eat into my profit.

(There are apple trees on the farm, LOL)If you don't eat you'll die.

If you have 100k equity in a house but it's not going to be easy to rent (same number of bedrooms (3) as a smaller house but bigger sf by 1000) do you sell it and acquire a smaller house that's more "rentable" or simply lower the rent price and eat the greater maintnance costs (carpet, two AC units, etc)?

You are probably working with folks that can eat your lunch and send you packing.

But if you think you'll move in five years, and the house does not make a good rental (most don't), then the transaction costs will eat you up.

You can't even eat 1 meal at McDonald's for that amount. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/america-retirement-system-failing-us-economist-153445894.html