;-)Exactly how did it enhance your experience?

It offers a grip-strip design for simple installation.

@Jonathan Feliciano this is a commonly used strategy in a lot of places, and it can definitely produce good returns and enhance the usability of a house when done correctly. ...though, there are also plenty of examples of it turning into a poorly-planned hack job that ruins the usability of a house...A few things to consider:-Does the garage connect to any wet walls, and is the sewer main easily accessed?

Immediate enhanced value with third party costs out of the way and permitted to build with renderings.

Joining Bigger Pockets will hopefully enhance my education in real estate and be a motivational outlet to stop making excuses. 

Once you get a firm grip on what you're doing (and once you can afford to risk more money), THEN you can venture out into unknown territory.That's how I'd approach it anyway.

This is the exact way I have operated all of my rentals since the early 1990s with great success.The only remaining considerations are what deferred maintenance and repairs exist and need attention and what enhancements are you planning.

I'm sure some of you might like that so you can get a better grip on "what" you're buying (i.e., existing tenants), but it makes me a bit uneasy.

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