And depending on colour expect to still have some “character” in the wood.

All in all, the artificial stronghold of the NRA and the listing services on the market can be characterized as a cartelized monopoly, and ultimately a mafia scheme.

I usually the common gray and white color schemes though and wood floors stand out a lot.

There is no secret get rich quick scheme out there.

Your financial freedom plan might need some tweaking if it relies on such a repayment scheme. 

It may not be a get rich quick scheme but we all want to make some money at the end of the day or we wouldn’t have bought it in the first place.

Hint: look for a solar architect, who acts as an adviser and works for you and audits the installer project proposal.Many states/utilities are no longer allowing net metering (kWh for kWh) and use instead all kinds of payback schemes (e.g. if you over-produce, they will gladly take your kWh for 3 cents and graciously allow you to take it back at night for 22cents - end result being, if your system is not properly sized, you will be producing energy for the utility and never recover the costs of the installation).

I attended one recently, but it felt more like a scheme; the initial meeting was free, but subsequent sessions required payment ranging from $200 to $500 for a 3-day course.

After months of research hours of talking, planning, scheming forming the LLC pulling our hair out etc...

We'll be moving back to CA - and in the grand scheme of things, housing will be much more expensive there and most likely a larger barrier of entry $ wise if I were wanting to house hack.