Narrow walkway in the middle leading to the front door, grass to the right, and a large patch of bald space to the left where grass don't grow under the tree.Now my motivation is to improve the curb appeal, of course, but I also wanted to experiment with using river rocks to connect and border landscape components.I wanted to hilight the walkway on both sides, I want to solve the ugly patch of dead space under the tree, and I wanted some structured planter areas, and somehow tie in the two palms to the right side of the house.Here is a sketch of the plan.I will create a set of wood borders (inside and outside borders) around the tree to the left.

Shame to be going bald that young

I sympathize - but only a little - with the thinning hair line, as I've been close to bald for 20 years. 

Oh great, you got my best angle: my bald head!

This is a photo of my groomsmen a little over 4 years ago (Im the bald guy in the middle)3 of the 10 groomsmen were at one time tenants.  

Having worn the hat of both an agent and an investor (and well.. a pre-maturely balding 27 year old who has grown accustomed to wearing a lot of hats, both figuratively and literally), I can say without a doubt that I have generally gotten better responses from people when I tell them I'm an investor as opposed to an agent.

See you this evening (I hope we can figure out who is who -- you can look for my shiny bald head!

I'm definitely grateful for having the property manager, if I had to do this myself I would be going bald.  

You do have to make sure that the bald spot or damage is patched so as to be level with the original wall surface.  

NOTES are really good to hold in your self directed IRA/ROTH IRA.One could build both a rental business while building their note portfolio in their IRA/Roth IRA in preparation for their retirement.I really like The Bald Guy's 4 pillars of investing videos on this.Thanks,Jeff