Attorneys felt comfortable with the HUD as it stood...I didn't argue...lolAnd thus, $5,300 bought $373,500 asset, which I recently refinanced to wrap both notes into one $350,000 note.

@Robert Leonard I remember raising some trusses with you.

So the whole main floor has been renovated (new bath, kitchen, appliances, tore down and fixed sagging trusses, etc etc) and so now i have about 2200 left and i want to fix up the basement with mostly free materials, and paint the outside and fix the fence (minor things) so i am just wondering how far i should go with all these renovations?

The drainage was exceptional as the entire basement even at that entrance was completely dry.From the basement the flooring support beams were welded 8inch steel trusses on 24inch centers supported on 12inch steel I Beams with a flange & web thickness running at least 3/4-1inch.

But it's stood for over 100 yrs, & with work will be ready for another 100. 1 3BR and 1 2BR unit both w/1 bath.

My instinct was to tell her what I thought and say no, but I decided that the $30K profit I stood to make on the sale of that property was more valuable than my personal feelings about the prospective customer.I wouldn't be as forgiving with someone that I had regular dealings with, though.I always try to have a PC, Kindle, or something else to enable me to be productive during unscheduled downtime, which makes it more bearable when my day doesn't follow the plan I'd set for it.

Meanwhile our commercial bldg carrier just notified us that they are excluding ice/snow load damage coverage on all our building roofs.We had one roof recently redone for $18,000+ but it has significant steel trussing so I'm not too worried, but one of the older warehouses we own has me concerned.

After seeing thousands of statements from associations all around the country, a few things stood out.First, every association is different. 

When analyzing deals that have recently sold in the area, the property at 719 35th St in Oakland stood out because it had an extremely high cash on cash return, even with debt service for an FHA 3.5% down loan, as well as conservative expense estimates.

But as stated we pay 25 to 30k for a lumber pac and trusses for a 2k sq ft home add in another 15k for framing.. we are at 35k right there before grading utsl concrete mechanicals windows roofs cabinets flooring etc etc.. so I know its all regional.in Charleston we built in the Historic district and that 2600 sq foot house cost us 750k to build.. using the materials that were dictated by the city.. it sold though for 2.2 mil.. so its all relative.. right ?