In the kitchen for $65 a brush nickel faucet could have been installed instead of the 1980's faucet with wooden handles.  

I did a lot of the work myself, added gas lanterns, new fence, neat things like a bar and wine rack hidden behind picture frames.

I make $1,200 for the month at full rack rate of 12 rented days. 

That's a great fight for those that can afford to pay the mortgage with no rental income risking further damage to their property racking up attorney fees fighting a battle based on principles supported by a lease.

They let the back taxes rack up enough that no investor would want to bid.

It’s still very nerve-racking thinking about it - obviously these are huge investments - and sometimes turns me off considering I live in a VHCOL/HCOL area.

That's different than a racked up credit card.

most of the time was spent hitting the very heavy rubber mallet against wooden stakes, and breaking them because the ground was too hard. this time i drilled 4 holes in each sign, tied them to stop signs, traffic signs, whatever signs with a zip tie.

Some companies were still pushing the sales for buggy whips and wooden wagon wheels several years after gas engines were roaming the roads.If you can't rent the property to a family then I would not waste one minute putting the property on the market if it is going to cause a financial hardship that causes you to dig yourself into a hole that is impossible to escape from.Cut your losses early and move onto something profitable, or just keep your cash in a safe place until you find a sure-thing investment.

We pay everything we possibly can with that account, and rack up huge points doing so.