Whatever you look at I encourage you not to do what everyone else is doing for example a basic log cabin with rustic furniture and a wooden bear statue, there are hundreds of those and it provides your potential guest no reason to pick you over anyone else's cabin.

I have run into two situations as of late where the title holders were racking up medicaid bills.

Racking my brain with this hypothetical scenario; would love to get your thoughts,Economically, is there any advantage to buying a duplex and living in one unit while renting out the other VS buying a duplex and renting out both units while renting elsewhere?

Rack it up to a $3000 Boot Camp and move on.

For the sliding glass patio door, we found a really nice set of verticals on the clearance rack at Lowe's that matched the new light fixtures.

We are very excited about the colors as well, the main body of the house is Wooden Oar, kind of a brown/beige with a hit of moss green, the trim is all a very light beige, and the roof is black.

Oren:I do not recall the brand of wooden overlay we used, but there are serval options out there - Google wooden deck and balcony tiles.  

Add amenities like bicycle racks, secure storage, in-unit wiring for cable if DirectTV/satellites are commonplace.  

They were telling me some pretty shocking quotes for a basic wooden fence as well. 

Was it nerve racking dealing w/ people in distressed situations at first?