Spoils will be proportionally based on his construction/build costs and the value of my land. 

Current projects include: (1) Refinishing a wooden deck, (2) refilling a compact sand driveway, and (3) replacing a screen door (that will likely require some door frame work this time.)Also looking for a trusted plumber-excavator to replace underground sewer line.Thank you.

I have now received back a large proportion of my money.

But they will cost proportionally more than the rents they will bring.  

The economy is a house of cards raising the interest rates will bring all of our past and current sins in to the open and there will be a reckoning of biblical proportions. 

Advertisers here do as well, lots of new compact car or eco types here, BMW and a couple Benz ads seems to be the top end I've seen.

What is the proportion of renters to owners?

What's up @Mike Turano, I know there is a great, compact list of meetups at Straight Up Chicago Investor podcast website.

The market ranges from A to C- areas and is comprised of mostly single-family to four-plex properties.Price points are much lower than on the east or west coasts, however, rents are proportionally much higher, leading to positive cash-flow.

This actually takes into account every single actual expense for any one specific "deal" and applies all expenses incurred by the company equally or proportionally to each current deal.Most people will miss many expenses when looking at just one deal, but when all the companies expenses are spread out between all the deals that are ongoing you will get a truer picture of the entire cash flow picture.