Keep one foot going forward at a time kind of thing. 

Where I live, you have to have some decent footings for anything that has any kind of cover.  

The wood look tile is a major update, at about $3 a sq foot, if you can lay it yourself.

I'm trying to get that first foot in the water from a few angles.

Free event covered by a few sponsors (I hope we get a few more so I'm not footing the whole bill, but I will if that's what it takes to get the ball rolling).You can RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/real-estate-investing-club/I'm shopping a few locations in Katy, if anyone has any recommendations (to fit up to 200, adequate parking, and enough seats).

Neil, I agree with @Luke Foote you need to figure out what it is you exactly want and how much time you can commit to this business, There are plenty of people here in Lincoln to partner with on flips or buy and holds.

Lower price is not always better. 6) We can build a high-end finish home between $100 to $145 a sq foot for vertical construction costs depending on factors such as dirt and slope.

Which is a mobile home secured on a concrete footing with the wheel base removed.

There's a six foot fence that surrounds it.  

@Minh Le and I share a theory that maybe the Fed kept their foot a little too hard on the gas after the last downturn, and some of those risks that built up in the dot com times maybe were pushed forward to snowball and be realized in the Great Recession.