Tenants do not have any decks with their  units.  

Currently, repair costs to the inside of our unit and deck are around $45k, including loss of rental income.

I have done a lot of upgrades to this 1928 Portland house including new roof, new kitchen, new bathroom, refinished wood floors on the main, rebuilt garage and new deck with landscaping.

It also has 1 car garage that can be accessed from inside the house off of the kitchen.Front of houseLiving room and kitchenDen and one of the bedroomsBack of house and deck overlooking backyard

That, and conducting business ethically and within accepted legal boundaries.Pessimistically speaking, however, between nuisance lawsuits, insurance companies willing to settle, and tenant-friendly socialist communities, investing in real estate can be a stacked deck even for the best landlord.

A lot of people are indeed very rich.In reference to competition ... it only seems like everyone is flipping because you read about it every other day in the newspaper and there are half a dozen tv shows that make rehabbing a house look about as simple as building a deck at your house on the weekends.

We will be replacing the three ceiling fans - I assume the cost to replace all the fan blades would be about the same as just remove and replace the whole fixture since we are not doing this work ourselves. 7.

I own the house and I've been under it, above it and did some major structural repair for termite and water damage which involved replacing sections of decking, studs, sill plate, sheathing and siding.

Be careful if you blade snow.Payback is about 12 years.Not the best use of the land, but didn't need it at the time for storage.Put at 60 degree angle, otherwise you get a lot less spaces, since your driveways have to be wider.

Be careful if you blade snow.Payback is about 12 years.Not the best use of the land, but didn't need it at the time for storage.Put at 60 degree angle, otherwise you get a lot less spaces, since your driveways have to be wider.