It builds wealth and most importantly cuts your expenses and gives you a front row seat at being a landlord.Was the best thing my wife and I ever did.  

Of course we can cut our losses and switch.

I'm thinking I can get a nice purchase price if I under cut the banks by 1% and offer 15% required down as opposed to the traditional 20%.

Public has little desire to see them cut and GOP has no desire to increase funding for this. 

Hi Tio, I don't think hiring a professional designer is wise as it will cut into your margins and sounds like you have a tight budget. 

If they seem agreeable, then you can ask if they would prefer to cut the cost down the middle or would they prefer to purchase the supplies and you will assume the cost of labor to install it. 

It sounds like you may not be cut out to manage rentals in which case you should probably sell.

I've done this on one house in order to cut costs - since then, I've added a meter with the utility company but it's a good workaround for the short term. 

Just have two small rooms to finish, grout and cut tile pieces for edges.  

Two of the kitchen cabinets were also cut in half.