They are bleeding her dry.Joan is very kindhearted and felt sorry for Lynn's son being homeless.

1.There is a trust involved.It was under my grandmother’s name with my stepdad and mom as trustee.Most deeds owned are in this trust with mortgages under either grandmother(Whom passed away about 10 years ago) or stepdad(whom passed away last year). ..but might also be commercial mortgages with them as personal guarantors.2.Before my stepdad passed away he paid cash for a complete reno but the deed to this property is in my mother’s name personally.3.She is bleeding cash without his income to try to fix this property up and do a couple major upgrades in some other properties (furnace, AC).4.Her intention is to fix part of this property up and have my youngest sister live rent free and rent out the other portion.The property is free and clear and she has invested quite a bit of money to try to get it in liveable condition but she is starting to get crunched and her credit score(roughly 650 now from 715) is coming down because of the credit she is using to try to complete the job.Are there renovation loans for this?

On my poor investments - those that mirror what some people on here have mentioned they love (lower-cost, lower tenant, higher risk investments) - my loss factor in some cases would approach 70% and I would slowly bleed to death!

If you do decide to paint it, the only think I have found that will seal the knots and keep them from bleeding through later is the shellac primer from Zinsser.

Are you bleeding money every month?

I would definitely look into the HVAC system so its not a last second surprise with an inspector telling you the system is bleeding R22 Refrigerant.If you do go that route make sure you get the Energy star savings information to show.

Felt better than s... well, nevermind.It was a square-headed screw that was stripped and had become round.

I could be walking down the street looking ill and bleeding out the ears, and at best I would get somebody who still wouldn't touch me, but might offer to call an ambulance for me."

Yes which is why I came here to inquire because I am so green I still bleed green sap.

On any SINGLE PROPERTY your actual expenses could be very small or could be significantly more than the 50% of gross rents figure.The thing is, you could be getting positive cashflow on 9 out of the 10 houses you bought using a house-to-house individual expense formula and still be bleeding money on your total investments because of that 10th house.