So my questions is, what are your 3 favorite improvements that boost the value of your property?

My favorite way to find contractors is to walk the neighborhood where your property is and visit the properties being rehabbed there and talk to those contractors.

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

@Evan Bellingar  real estate tends to go in 10 year cycles 5 is a little tight.but no one save a few ( watch movie big short) really saw the 08 melt down coming or thought it would be such a global disaster as it was....Were ORegon got hurt the most was in Construction... in from 1992 to 2007 there were an average of 12,000 doors being built in the metro area. that slowed in 08 and by 09 there was a grand total of 700 permits pulled... construction financing had froze .. and a great many in the trades went bankrupt lost their homes and are just now pulling out..

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

Hello BP'ers!My wife and I are wrapping up the details on our 2nd SFH here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Thanks to a few meet ups and the fantastic podcasts/webinars on BP, we're "all in" these days for real estate t...

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

I've done some foundation, framing, flooring, painting, and remodels (my favorite!) 

Example you need food to live but do not need to go out to eat or go to movie theater if money is not there.Have you thought of sitting a subdivision for a home builder?