I like the yellow fixtures for the retro appeal but for a vacation rental we will want to spruce it up.We also have great cell signal and dish so that will help with the always-connected guests.

Downgrade your cell phone plan.  

After Sandy in 2012 destroyed a home my sister and I owned in New York, we gutted the entire thing down to studs and sub flooring, had it remediated for mold, insulated with closed cell spray foam, used environmentally sustainable building materials and rented it out for much more than what we were getting before the storm.

Good luck and you'll need a fat wallet if the tank ruptured.

Hey everyone. I'm a brand spanking new investor, but I have no idea of where to start. Like many people, I have little (read - almost no) funds, so I have to figure out where to spend money at the beginning. I've read...

I dunno, that is a big fat issue for me here with any Probate attorney, if one is involved.

I too believe that the F-in gov-mint should keep their fat noses out of all the cokkie jars where they don't belong, but that certainly will not change, so, all we can do is adjust when adjustments are needed.If the article is, in fact, pointing to large institutional buyers who will take down the bulk assets, I am willing to bet that many of them will leak them to us smaller investors, and perhaps at better prices than what you currently find on the market.

These were real players (alot of them were listed as corporations on the deeds) who are in the business of flipping buying houses.So when they call I collect cell phone numbers, email addresses, what type of houses they like and what price range so I have all the right info when I come across a deal.And they do call...usually 2 - 3 days after I mail out the letter.This is going to cost you time and the price of the gas to get to the county court house.

Cancel the kids' cell phones.Get back on your feet, get your new business going to the point that it supports itself first, and after that you can take some money out and maybe return to your previous lifestyle if you earn enough to pay for it.

We went into both the old and newer part of prison cell blocks by ourselves and then selected a 2 person cell and rolled out our sleeping bags and slept till we were woken................By the staff, telling us it was time to leave.