If you enjoyed engineering and didn't have sucky bosses, and you put that same energy and passion into that and saved the absolute max in your 401k, you'd have gone very far and not had to worry about money for long.

If you get a good one they can save you so much time and energy. + they have solid connections to all the subs and "unskilled" labor.

I do understand that it does weed out a lot of tire kickers and save time and energy.

My husband and I have no real savings at this point to leverage for investing but we do have time and energy!

The new Cadet Energy Plus in-wall electric heater is proving to be a good choice.

This year I have two groups of students on a waiting list to see if our newly renovated, energy efficient student house will turn-over in the summer {@Al Williamson are you reading this ;) }Another scenario where we advertise before a property becomes vacant is when we have a term lease and we know the incumbent tenant will not be staying {either because they have informed us, or we have decided we will not offer them a new lease}.

Greetings, Perhaps the best way to introduce myself is to post up info from my profile: Seven years after retiring at age 52 from an energy career, I have begun a new 'career' in real estate investing.

I went for words like "clean" when describing the look of what i was shooting for in fixing them up.Give a good cleaning, paint whatever cant be cleaned, use paneling on anything that cant be painted.Make your rentals bullet proof.

I am not satisfied with the house now because its not energy efficient and uninhabitable.

They have replaced roofs, made energy efficiency updates in the basements and even done substantial rehab work within some of the units.