Everyone wins when there is transparency!

@Jim David Is 100% correct, the age of properties around here is the major wild card. 

What post card mailing service do you guys use?

You can usually calculate the basis from your county's tax card - either they give you the basis, or you calculate it on your own.

Collecting Credit Card Travel Points is a great way to add value to your projects.

(*The marketing costs, and the commission splits, don't necessarily have to be split equaly between all team members...the trick is to make it a win-win).These numbers are plucked from thin air, but these are the types of things you'll want to keep track of to see if the ROI is there. 

Appreciation is gambling, but sometime “the house” doesn’t always win.

For my wife and I the key frugality has been:-we drive inexpensive cars (Yaris, Escape, both older and used)-RARELY eat out at restaurants-one vacation per year- and it's camping within a day's drive from home (and we already have the gear)-small affordable home (bought in 2012 at the bottom of the market- that was just lucky timing)-0 use of credit cards-and hard work to boost earnings That last one isn't so much frugality- but has been the biggest key to saving for us.

The envelope will contain half a dozen descriptive flyers for my houses, business cards, and several nice metal pens that say "Furnished houses in Coffeyville Kansas.

It's in a good location in Houston which is what I'm banking on, but my dilemma is should I just findi a credit card to complete the renovations on (3-5k) or sell it and cut ties now.