I have not had any maintenance costs in 16 months except air filters, although the roof is old and the plumbing is cast iron.

Playing music is a lot more fun when you don't need to rely on it to pay the bills...Ben Leybovich,Don't you find it a bit ironic that despite the fact that you dedicated a large part of your life to something with no real economic reward, and yet still have managed to create the life for yourself that you want, are of the discouraging attitude toward college?

I've had this done many times on cast iron tubs, tile surrounds, and 1-piece fiberglass enclosures.

So ironic I can't afford to work the job I love and the job I think of as the mouse trap was built complete with a quicksand pit.

It is ironic the above numbers were given. 10 years back, I bought a mobile home from an owner who tried to sell it for $5000 cash but was unsuccessful.

If you do decide to go this direction make sure you have a few things in place, an iron clad business plan, a mentor, and a strong focus on sticking to the plan.

The more irons in the fire, the better.

I am from NJ but I do not know which areas are good and bad besides iron bound.Here is the listing http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Newark-City_NJ_07103_M67577-14062?

If you buy from some owner and then flip it for a significant profit, the issue of your greater knowledge comes into play and, depending on your relationship, flipping a contract can be considered a net listing issue, having a seller agree to accept a certain price with you taking all the profits above that price.Next, is the broker liability, if you are out there doing flim-flam investor strategies the risk of deals going south goes up, if you tick off some owner in doing a screwy deal your broker can be held liable.Barring that and other smaller issues, like marketing, co-broker arrangements, commission credits on deals with owing the broker a % of the credit being ironed out, no broker can really keep you from owning real estate.

We put low flush toilets in all our units - unless the waste line is deteriorated cast iron (read: high friction), then we will wait until we upgrade the plumbing.