Years ago I used the 3P index... pawn shops, porn stores, and payday loans. .. too many too close and it’s still too early.

So it may be wise for you to get yourself educated for a bit first and put the money into a low-risk liquidatable investment or savings account for now.Lastly, I swear BP isn’t paying me to promote this book, but I did recently buy and listen to the Audible version of the BP Publishing book by David Greene, Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties, which you can find on the BP Store or Amazon.

To Everyone Else: Thank you for the information and tips, I greatly appreciate it I will store it into my sponge I call a brain and use it for building/improving my real estate strategy.

What unites all of them is a phenomenal economic growth phase (for midwest standards anyway) and haveing a large body of fresh water just down on the beach.

Just need some ideas for a quick paint job to fresh up the place before I move in.

Jim you keep doing these post like this and NO ONE is going to buy rentals ever again LOLbut seriously I like that you balance out all the blue sky and bring reality to the equation.buying rentals is not a set it and forget investment no matter what.can be with really special A class to strong B class but no way with blue collar 800 to 1000 dollar tenants.. don't care where how or what.. they are all people. some are pigs some are clean and neat some in the middle and you can't tell with an application .I suspect if you took the time to go check out their automobile before you rented to them.. or did a sneak pop in on where they are living now before they move into yours you might catch the pigs before they move into your freshly rehabbed home.

Chain store retailers are like sheep, and they do follow one another as many retailers have good synergies with one another.  

I would buy a 24" cabinet and install a pull out laundry basket and then you only have a 12" space or so... that can be used for storing the toilet brush and a decent trash can OR a pull out towel rack.

Note also that when you go to refinance with a conventional loan in your personal name, the title needs to be held under your name for at least 6 months for them to do a fresh appraisal.

If she moves out the next tenant will start fresh knowing there is only one parking space.