The home is nicely landscaped, but most of the acreage is a dirt field, which was used for gardening and fruit trees.  

We offered our condolences on his loss and my wife went up to see his wife a few times to take her flowers from our garden.

Look at Orange County, CA and compare Newport Beach to Garden Grove.Twenty years ago, my father bought 15 properties in the Fresno, CA area.

Capital expenditures includes things that will absolutely need to be replaced at some point including your roof, hot water heater, appliances, HVAC(s), floors, carpet, plumbing ,paint (indoors and out), etc.

I live on Palace Garden.

But her community has 4 club houses, indoor and outdoor pools, shuffle board courts, tennis courts and a lot of other things going on in that community.So that would be the biggest thing you would need to look at, is if the cash flow is there during the seasonal months...  

It is also cheaper to renovate a small condo than a whole house.2.) easy to maintain - the strata takes care of the snow shovelling, hallways, entry, gardening, cleaning, etc on the the outside of my unit. 

Between the paint on the walls, and even the paint on the outside of the house ending up in your garden, you and your children will all get cancer and die.". 

Next time it rains see where the water flows or if you can’t wait get out the garden hose and test suspect areas. 

Account Closed, there are some status-symbol suburbs (think Beverly Hills CA), where it's expected that a pool is standard, and then it just becomes a competition between buyers as to whether a rooftop pool, or indoor heated pool, or cliffhanger pool makes the bigger status statement.