Just by lifting up the carpet, the house seemed to breathe a little, bringing in more light and air.Old Floors With Carpet Pulled Up; Sanding In ProcessNext, they knocked down some walls to open up the communal living spaces.

It seemed like a cornerstone of Jake and Gino's strategy, but I've never, ever seen it in my market before; generally, tenants pay their own utilities in a house, and landlord pays utilities in apartments.Having the tenant pay their own water/sewer/garbage can easily knock $90 off the expenses on a $600 apartment building, which can very well end up being a 25% increase in NOI.  

While you accumulate that time you could probably start knocking out the required classes and preparing for the test.

Do I knock that piece off of every stair?

We have done it twice before when we had properties we planned on knocking down in a year or two, but wanted to get some cash flow in the meantime.

Knock...........on.........the........door!

Just needed tires/brakes and routine maintenance (knock on wood).Dealership didn't participate in Costco's program, but I did get a cash rebate card from them for booking a cruise through them.  

It is the inherint risk in them yes... its one thing to lease option a SFR and put little to no money into it.. they are usually highly leveraged transactions.but I can tell you I have bought more than a handful of court house steps properties and walked up and knocked on the door and the lease option tenant says hey what gives I have a lease option .. and I tell them well you HAD a lease option I know own the house... seller ripped the payments did not pay the underlying and walked away.its OK if you have a method to cure and the ability to cure.. but by and large correct not anything I personally like to do..

Knock on the door of success:It’s that time of year again.

If I knocked this off I would be approved for a bit more with the lower debt-to-income ratio but is it worth it?