if you are basing it on the CapEx chart, it doesnt matter if its a $30K PIG, or $750K McMansion, the CapEx will still be there, and as the values go up so soes the quality requirements of materials and workmanship, a Roof on a 1000 sq foot ranch may be $4K, but on a 4000 sq ft multi angle 2+ story, that roof may be $30-$40K.  

I suppose I could just sit back and let my purchase from a few years ago pay me, however a return on equity analysis tells me I would be better off moving that equity (or some of it) to a different property using refinancing or a sale (1031 exchange).Precisely how I might move that equity depends on the specifics.

Her presentation was very helpful for me, along with the free chart she provided. 

Below is an explanation of three things in the chart and two questions that I believe could improve my analysis and figure out a top 3 faster.

See in the chart a little downward bump every 4th qtr.

I bought $80 worth off of BP.Hi Travis,Decide more specifically what you want to do (when you're finished with the $80 you've just spent).You will be a able o make a more educated decision at that point.Then you can drill down more precisely with that question.

It is precisely the newness that worries me.  

Possibly the magnitude of the recovery and how to feel about it.Here is a site that charts THE REAL unemployment rate and inflation rate:ShadowstatsI know all about U6 unemployment and the gov-mint's attempt to manipulate the data.

That is why I started a new thread on what the precise definition is and how it will be applied.

When I first started, the powerpoint & pretty bound books with colorful graphs & charts, more often than not were there for me not the prospect.