We pulled the pad up as best we could...only to discover the staples were the least of our problems.I started by scraping it with this large scraping tool that enabled me to stand up and put some real speed/force behind it.

The cash flow goes down but the RATE of RETURN on cash invested goes UP, enabling you to purchase more properties.  

You point out that doing all the work was a great learning experience but finding excellent players to support the team will enable you to play bigger and faster.  

Here's the Homeaway statement re: the service fee:"We are announcing changes that enable us to provide the best experience and most value to travelers and vacation rental owners and managers.We are revising our traveler guarantees to provide even more coverage, reducing prices for owners and managers, and changing the way we monetize our business.Now, travelers who book or pay directly through HomeAway’s sites will have the full amount of their booking protected against things like misrepresented or double-booked properties.

Have it handicap-enabled and do a Senior Living (2nd floor may be unusable)7.

Cash does mitigate risk, but it also can enable mediocrity. :) Same point taken with reference to syndication - have to find good deals if you want to stay in business as a syndicator.

Don't enable wrong behavior.

I guess you can say I have been on the side of the spectrum that home price decreases enabled my net worth to climb rather than fall.Most of the loss in net worth was caused due to the devaluation of real estate and the lost equity in people's personal residences.The last part of this statement is not exactly correct.

The color coat comes pre mixed by the manufacturer, enabling any patches etc. necessary in the future to be matched to the original color. i have never heard of painting stucco on the original application, though I can't they don't do it in Florida, just seems odd to me.Stucco Process

Example: holding all else constant,  50.45% of the $749,000 in cash for the down would reduce loan principal to about $371,165 which then enables property owner to break even.