Upper teens on cashflow.

I've been on the silver bandwagon since it was in the early teens also.

Her 2 sons are still living there in their late teens and early 20s.

When your teen gets a great job and moves out, you have “created” a HH and the entire family consume one more unit of housing.

In the areas we buy, they are not sexy people don't want it live here.

Understanding that the 8 years + it took to achieve that doctorate would have cost no less than $80,000, and more likely $120,000+, the take-home of $4,000 month doesn't necessarily look that sexy...what do ya say, Chris? 

To note they have bearings instead of bushings which is better.The small non sexy things that affect the envelope are easy DIY type items, but it's slow going.A hole behind the thermostat is a big deal because its sensing unconditioned wall space as well as the envelope.Every single gang electrical box passes around 1 cubic foot per minute of air, 6 in recessed light even more.

We've done this on our rentals but also created senior housing or a teen suite for our retail clients who needed extra living space.

it's sexy, you move the bottom line a lot all at once, and you can make a case for getting your money out.

Depending upon how fast you get repaid, your annualized percent return should be in the low to mid-teens.