HML got hot ... as fix and flip was coming into vouge mid 80s and tear down construction... good money if you have a big portfolio  .. we did 50 million by 1987.4. 1989  war  Loma Preta earth quake Northern CA goes into a deep recession... real estate business stalls foreclsore business starts in earnest... rents crash... etc etc. 5.

It's like google earth.

If underground is there earth to be excavated and are there underground obstacles like underground streams or existing  buried utilities or even an landmark cemetery that would alert the landmarks commission to halt your project and stall or kill the plans entirely.

It seems like the first and only thing some of these gurus teach is how to raise money - but why on earth would anyone want to invest with someone like that?

The low insurance (out of the earth quake area) and taxes made it great as a landlord.

I enjoyed listening to this show - Ryan sounds like the typical down-to-earth nor'easterner.

@Taylor Loht - I used MHVillage to see what parks were in the county and did visual scans of Google Earth. 

Look for bad, look for good.6) Use Google Earth to see what it looks like outside / across the street / etc - sometimes very useful, sometimes not helpful7) Go look at it on your own without a realtor from the outsideThis is a just a quick list and is just my approach, back to work.Good luck,Rob

But with the dehumidifier and proper earth grading on your exterior, Dry-Lok will buy you more than enough time to sell the house and have it operate trouble-free for a good long time, and perhaps permanently.If you do all that and you still have water leakage, the expense of the interior French drain draining into a bigger sump pit is perfectly justified.

Love the writing style, down-to-earth thoughts and practical advice.