There is no relationship of equity established in a market to an honest day's work, pay or charge.A contractor is, by the nature of the business, in a limited service business.

My wife and I are conservative by nature so the thought of 15-20 mortgages is scary to us.

Our houses that we work on are not restoration projects, but more of a bringing the original flavor back to life with some updated points.For an example, last year we worked on an amazing home with a smaller footprint (720 sq ft) but had three stories.The Craftsmanship of the word work was outstanding; just a little rough at places and 90% of it was painted.If this was our own home, we might have stripped the paint, revealed the oak, and refinished all the woodwork, making it drop dead gorgeous (We love natural wood).

Brainstorming what I can do in addition to direct mail, naturally cold calling came up but it seems like a difficult prospect group.One more question if you'd be so kind: what have been your best probate referral sources?

The only way this works is if you can lower heating by switching to natural gas if it is available in your area.

However, if you spend a few thousand and get a well on the property, most lenders will do a land loan for 50% down since it's now considered serviced (our power was at the property line, natural gas is almost a mile away so we have propane brought in) and our credit union will do 75% LTV. 

Naturally this will only cover units that are listed but it's relatively accurate.Thanks!

You have a powerful natural motivation that many others don't have!

French doors would look more natural and probably less expensive.

Although the porcelain tiles were much more expensive than the ceramic and natural materials we looked at, they have proven to be scratch proof and look the same as they did when they were first installed.