Being a property owner anywhere is work (but this is a giant forum of people who love doing it, including myself), so you're on the right track in educating yourself and learning. 

That never fails to produce a seller who wishes to salvage something from their equity.I'd much rather have a small lead list of properties with owners who have multiple issues to trigger a seller becoming fully cooperative and sweetly reasonable than a giant list of thousands that I must spend money marketing to before vetting later.If possible, learn to segment and spend greater time focusing on well-qualified leads and don't give up because your competition hopes that you will quit.

Your roof is a giant water collector and during a hard rain you have literally hundreds of gallons of water shooting out of the downspouts (you are right to worry about spring).

I dont want to sound like a dick.....but if $190 is too much, I think maybe a step back from investing might be the right step. 

I've seen typical numbers of 1%-2% higher than your current rate.What HELOCs are designed for is to be a giant credit card.

Our place is definitely the lowest rung on the ladder but the neighbors seem to appreciate how we've cleaned up the property by taking down dozens of old trees and adding giant gardens, fruit trees and even have a self-serve market stand that made enough last year to make three house payments.

Central Ohio market demand is still high with all of the new jobs being announced as we're growing to be a mid-west tech giant.

Some people don't even know the difference between septic and sewer, but most people with a giant septic tank in their yard underground know they have septic.

If you have room get a giant tv a couch and re cover that pool table.

These are shaped like a fat giant wedge with the wide side down.