You will let one slide and it will eat you.Using $150K to buy and repair much less pay living expenses during the flip would be a very hard go of it in the current market.

I dusted off Eat That Frog and read How to Win Friends and Influence People again over the weekend.  

If so, what do you know of going that route AND eating the penalty/fine for breaking my current lease (I think it's about ~1,700 and ends Sept. 31 '14; and who knows, I can probably get that lower, somehow) at my apartment (it's a pretty big complex FWIW)?

A place to eat not far from the stadium would be jack and grill, featured on man vs food for the 4lb burrito.If your son watches South Park, he might want to see casa Bonita in person....Air and space museum is neat.

The trust fund tax laws can eat you alive.

if you rent space, you will be responsible for utilities, which could eat up most of the income.

Stuff you eat on the couch watching TV.  

What step can you take in 5 years, 1 year, 6 months, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day that will get you to your goal.We all know how how to eat an elephant.

Let them price shop, if you are bumping your rent to market AND they don't have to move AND you are showing that you are spending money on improving where they live, you might get to have your cake and eat it too.Regarding the destructor electrician - get more quotes.

Again, these eat into cash flow.