I also no longer pick up a hammer.

Even then, I think there are major issues to be hammered through... not least of which is how is something like this implemented in a fashion that keep it from becoming bureaucratic mess that gets increased every time there is an approaching election and some team wants to buy votes

I think I recall like many aussies they had massive appreciation .. so many in that country back then did a few things.they either sold and moved equity or they borrowed against their equity and invested in the US.. some did great like the OP others got hammered because they bought C D F class.. in many other markets. on top of that the AUD was at a historic high against the dollar. 

If it's not load bearing, almost anyone with a hammer can take it down.

I don't know what a hammer looks like because I hire out everything and source deals across the country in my underwear.

@Isaiah WilliamsTo break out floor tile, I use a hammer, cold chisel, a prybar, sometimes a stiff putty knife with a hammer back (the new Purdy stiff knives are great for this).Break the tile with the chisel in the middle of the tile, chip out toward the edge.

The price of the property got hammered in this area, arv 265-280K. 19143South of Spruce St, from 63rd st to west of 52nd st is Cobbs Creek has been exploded in the past a year and a half.

When he bought those lots for those low prices he sold them for 990.00 to 4990.00 those were the first sales I ever made as an agent in 1975.There was a Chinese firm in Redwood city I am sure you know of them they hammered San berdo and Riverside county Lancaster area for these type of deals.then you have Ft.

over the last few years i started getting hammered by a few outfits in New York that cold called us..

Pretty different situation for someone with $80k to start and not afraid to swing a hammer, than someone with $15k and little-no handyman skills.