Hi All,I apologize if I am starting a thread that has already been answered but seeing how the new year is close upon us and its time to break out the pen and paper and write down those resolutions I am curious...For the experienced real estate investors and professionals doing this at a medium to large level, What were your goals when you first started off?

We used a medium one to catch a squirrel.

Small front yard, medium size, with a slope, backyard.The house is old and still needs a decent amount of work.

I know that there are quite a few of you out there that do all or most of the rehab on your properties yourselves.Well I stumbled across two sites that I thought were pretty informative the first one Concrete Calculator is pretty cool just enter the width and length and how thick and it will tell how many yards or premix you will need.But this one, Drywall Calculator is just the absolute best it is powered by Georgia-Pacific and what makes it so great are a few things. first of all you enter the room dimensions (and round up to the next foot) and you can include the ceiling if you want and not only will it calculate: How many sheets of drywall you will need. 

Lots of bigger outfits do well with these mediums.

I have also personally invested in higher priced single family homes knowing I will get less return because I have contacts that handle high income professionals who are relocating on a medium terms basis (3-5 years).

., the brown cabinets are called Adel Medium Brown.I noticed Tim used the Ikea farmhouse sink.

Other code issues such as width of stairs and hallways can become an issue if that has to be changed.

If the house is rectangular, measure the length and width, add them together, multiply by 2 and then multiply by the approximate price range I gave.That is for a perimeter French drain system; as others have pointed out, placing a sump in the middle of the floor is not the way to do it, putting the sump in the corner gives you usable floor space in the middle of the basement where it is most useful.  

The IRS has a minimum, called the "Applicable Federal Rate", which is updated every month for short, medium and long term debt instruments secured by property.