First, allow me to complement Thomas Franklin Real Estate Investor from Miami, Florida for his many '2-cents' he has given you and all that do read these posts!

And, I might add, everyone likes to be complemented, guys in the trades will try a little harder to do good work if you stroke their egos.

Team up with someone you trust who has experience or complements your weaknesses.

Let us know if you'd be willing to compensate a bit for this as I think it adds some modern touches to complement the electrical outlet already installed above the fireplace.

My portfolio consisting of mostly bonds has performed YTD better than the aggressive stock portfolio.Check out Modern Portfolio Theory its not perfect but I think its probably the best system one has of managing a general portfolio.To complement my MPT portfolio, I have a small retail trading account that I like to trade forex and futures and after months of frustration I have been repaid by my S&P shorts!

I get complements for them during showings vs other places the applicants have seen, and as such, they are generally willing to pay extra for it and don't generally balk or want to negotiate on the rent rates.Kind of long, but hope this gives you some ideas.  

I'm in the process of starting up a real estate services business on the residential side and see it as a separate product line that complements the business rather than on its own.

For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiveness of the top 50 MSAs over the past year.In the comments to Scott’s blog post, Brian Burke suggested a new analysis that would help investors forecast the future potential for the top 50 markets to complement Scott’s post, which focused on the last year in review.I’ve attempted this analysis below.

I think the way to complement the rental income will be to flip a fea a year.

Do the next owners a favor and do not put down the carpet, they may want the hardwood if not it is easy for them to install the carpet.Our floors are in no way perfect but neither are the apartments so they complement each other well (some people pay extra for the “distressed look”).Total cost for me was ~ $300 (sander rental, sanding pads, poly) and took a solid weekend myself (plus a day of drying before the second coat of poly).