You do get paid, though.It costs time and not money, but another option is volunteering for somebody like Habitat for Humanity. 

In Arizona dessert rodents are in their habitat.

Spent several thousand on on rennovating and reclaiming the property from the falling down trees and misquito habitat.

I'm loving the excitement of finding the community and the amazing education that I have begun to devour over the last couple of weeks.I grew up in Arkansas with a single mother and lived my formative years in a house built by Habitat for Humanity...so while my real estate buying experience is limited to my wife and I having purchased our first home in 2015, I know first hand the power of a stable home to change lives. 

I'll pass this along to him...also looking at possibly donating to an organization such as Habitat for Humanity, as a way out. 

This one was clean, in good shape, and seemed to only need paint.Hah...I now have learned that 'only needs paint' means plan to spend 5k...and not just on paint.We put in new doors as the old ones were warped, a new huge front window (found a great replacement at Habitat for Humanity in Chico for 60 bucks for a 60-50) and Im replacing a broken countertop that is 12'long.Then...paint inside and out...some landscaping.

They may have a minor defect, but nothing that affects the workmanship of the product.When the high end homeowners in Memphis do a renovations, they donate their old materials to him or to habitat for humanity.

Now that I know where I want to buy and the construction quality based on age and geographic location here and the type of storage shed that all Habitat for Humanity reos have on their properties, it does take a lot less time for me.Originally posted by MikeOH:I agree and that "backyard" investor is the guy that's going to make the money!

When the people that took care of the environment carried guns, fishing poles, actually were actively involved in habitat preservation and construction and didn't lick the frogs?

Assuming you have standard pallets, 4x4 stacked 4 feet high, this sounds like over $2000 in dump fees alone.There's a store here like the Habitat for Humanity store.