A cash refi on my first house hack allowed me to pay off half of my student loans and still had money set aside for my next investment. 

We are currently renting it out for $1000/mo using a property manager since we live 300 miles away and can't manage it ourselves.

It's just a few miles from Disney and one of the rare vacant lots in the area zoned for single family residential. 

I don't think it causes a safety hazard, it's just that the upper half of the house is no longer approved as a rental so there's no point in having an upstairs kitchen.Thanks again,Matt

I went last year but only stayed about half the day ( Tony wasn't there) but Robert and Barbara from Shark Tank where there , it was great.  

Our income is sub $60k/year (with the GI Bill income, etc) and we're about a year and a half from being debt free on the cars/cards/etc.   

However, I will also be collecting rent on my current home and half of the duplex duplex which I own and am purchasing via residential loans in my name.

Wondering in the KC real estate market if anybody has experience with returns on updates such as -Adding a Privacy fence backyard-Adding an additional bedroom-Adding a half bath-Finishing a basement with carpet and new walls and ceiling The home is currently a 3 bedroom, 2 bath SFH about 1300 sq ft. 

@James Free If you don’t trust insurance companies (who will be on the hook to pay for the damages of something occurs) then ask a couple local contractors to give an estimate to scrape a half burned house off its foundation and rebuild it.

I got asked to bid a job for a guy and someone came in and half the price.