A cabin that in theory would have cash flowed positive almost $1K/month had the kitchen drain go through the crawl space and dump out about 4' away from the house.

(I feel sorry for those firemen trying to handle the chaos, they weren't told by the reservoir people they had drained the water) The money was diverted to DEI programs of which these characters directly benefited.

A french drain typically costs around $25-$30 per linear foot.

Block construction cement floors with the floors sloping to a central drain. concrete counter tops stainless kitchen cabinets boob lights and minimum windows by code .

To have enough discretionary funds to be able to invest at this level means that even if a deal goes completely down the drain, I can still feed my family, tithe to my church, pay my bills, and try again later.I do appreciate the probing nature of your questions!

Any advise on adding washer/dryers is a plus I know routing new drains can be tricky when trying not to get to invasive on a "cosmetic" job.

Repaying debt is not necessarily aligned with achieving financial freedom - true FI is cashflow coming from many assets - hopefully this illustrates how paying off debt drains your liquidity for down payments of money to buy said assets.

Despite making six figures and I do as well, supporting a family and living in the Bay Area quickly drains that.My advice is to attend as much meet ups as possible to network.

There is a group of rip off people looking at newly minted millionaires to drain them dry.

@Alan Grobmeier  you will love this from your perspective.I bid on a 40 unit section 8 project in Hattisburg MS.. a few years back ( did not get it)but the builder was brilliant he built these for his style of tenant  Block construction painted on the inside and out.. concrete floors... and industrial grade doors and hinges... floor sloped alittle to a main drain in the middle... concrete counter tops  etc etc.so when tenant went out  high pressure hose came in and cleaned it all out  LOL.. you take little homes in the mid west that are lath and plaster or sheet rock with carpets and you will be spending a ton of money on turn over.my new construction I bought in MS were all stained concrete floors... only carpet in bed rooms.