So will half of all highway bridges, fifteen of the seventeen bridges spanning Portland’s two rivers, and two-thirds of railways and airports; also, one-third of all fire stations, half of all police stations, and two-thirds of all hospitals.""

The 500 or so I did the majority were during about a 4 year time span 

Virtually everything in a property has a replacement cost and a life span. 

I jumped into the game after creating an LLC in only a 3 month span.

Will this increase your life span or decrease?

I would like to discuss strategies that can be used during 2-3 year spans to build a portfolio in REI.

Those previous decades of higher income people bidding values up is why it's so expensive, you're basically hitching your wagon to that pattern spanning decades (& the model here isn't "up and coming," it's "it went up, and there it's going, into the stratosphere" -- past and present tense, not speculative future tense).For this "appreciation max, screw cashflow!"

If they gave you verbal acceptance it is not enough to constitute an agreement either, as a written contract is necessary for all contracts that span a year or more (from my local interpretation of contract law).

Once you start looking at the bottom line and bigger picture over a 10 or 20 year life span you will quickly see that a quality investement will serve you better.

And I am told you need 1 1/2 total inches of underlayment on big joists (not over spanned) spaced closely.On floor above I removed short pieces of hardwood to expose terrible condition  inch bye subfloor,,large holes,large areas of no support.