As a woman being an investor may be new to you, but in the scheme of things, it's nothing new.

I suspected a Ponzi scheme, and told an associate of SCOTT CARSON's I was considering alerting the SEC.I got my money back, but the almost dozen people who wrote me did NOT! 

BTW, PV is currently hawking a "we partner with you" scheme that will cost $9500!

Unless these folks are the money managers for a money laundering scheme designed to clean blocks of cash with large denominations and private party placement and don't care about 5% US Bond scrutiny (sovereign wealth comes to mind), my first thought when I saw the 3% interest rate was skepticism.  

I'd get a pressure washer and clean the driveway, that way it won't need to be painted again-let it go back to the natural colour of the concrete or asphalt.

. $80k in equity isn't much in the grand scheme of things.

Health care beeing the prime example: the american for-profit health care system looks like an unbelievably rigged pyramid scheme designed to extract money from the population - this is so clear when you have the comparison to other countries.

Ask your manager what type of systems he or she has for vetting guests.Does the Airbnb manager participate in a “bad guest” scheme?

It is also one reason I consider a higher sheen on walls if doing the single color scheme.

In new builds we're using mostly 12' which skews that 3.4 number upwards a little bit, but pretty minimal in the grand scheme of things.As an aside I just finished planning a base model home that is coming in at $64 per sq ft including soft costs.