You go down to the big box store and in the garden department, they will have big rolls of different grades of black plastic ground cover.Buy something with UV protection and lay that on the ground and cover with the rock you want, or with bark chips.Plain rock is pretty ugly, so you might want to add a few small beds of drought tolerant plants or cactus.Rock isn't cheap and it's hard work to get it spread without destroying your plastic ground cover.

We'll be waiting with bated breath P NW :roll:

My plan is to roll it over into a Self-Directed IRA with a checkbook capabilities.

The quick explanation is you roll your profits into a like property.

Borrower must have prior landlord experience or qualify without rental incomeRenovation Cost Limits Up to $35,000 in repairs/improvements This includes the 10% contingency reserve Loan amount calculation is Sales Price + Bid + Contingency Reserve ONLY Renovation fees CANNOT be rolled into the loan amount unless it is a REFINANCE and LTV permits.Note: If cost of renovations exceeds 35k, the Borrower/Seller is NOT allowed to pay the difference at closing from their own funds.

But if you're not going to complain about high rates on short term ARMs and are willing to roll the dice with your EMD (have hard money lined up as a backup!)

Are you looking to build your equity so you can roll that into larger properties like apartments?

If you want the absolute maximum return on your money, I would take the HELOC and roll that into down payments on new mortgages.

Originally posted by @Gino Zahnd:In a couple months we'll roll out a new feature that significantly reduces ACH payment times, and will cut processing time in half.

The seller chose a higher offer; so I rolled right into putting an offer on house #2, when I thought about the zoning a little more.