Lastly, connect with experienced investors and start small for a solid foundation in rental property investment.

I've used Title companies for the handfull of Exchanges I've done, but the last one was problematic.  

In general military orders tend to last 3 years and so a large number of service members choose to rent instead of buy.

I'm looking through the spreadsheet and I think it's worth mentioning that it's possible to spend a lot less for certain material items as well as labor in many cases depending on how frugal you want to beinterior door with hardware: $5-10 used, $30-50 newwindow: $10-50 used, $100-200 newlight fixtures: $1-10 used, 6 pack flushmount at lowes for $44fan fixture: $24-60 new water heater: $250 newtoilet: $50-90 newsink: $40-200 new faucet: $10-30 newtile: 0.49-2/sqft newappliance: $20-200 each appliance usedmy last rehab was:60 elec permit cost + 300 elec repair (tenant destroyed meter box causing house to be condemned)1600 material + 1500 labor flooring for 1400 sqft500 material + 600 labor spray paint whole house semigloss and patch some large holes$30 for 4 interior doors which I put in$10 mirror for bathroom$100 paint porch, stairs, and stair rail brown$50 fridge, $10 burner plates for stoveI also spent at least a few hundred with help on cleaning and taking out the trash and some other expenses here and there which altogether added up to about 5 thousand.I spent maybe 30 hours over there in total on the weekends.

Honestly since my last time being active on here i have educated myself in book keeping and accounting.

That's the last place you want to be in Houston, maybe on par with Sunnyside but 5th ward is worst in my opinion.

But where does one find ascetically pleasing furniture that is built to last without breaking the bank? 

Are you still buying tax deeds in GA and what changes if any have you noticed over the last 6-7 years ? 

Possibly a mistake...I was banned last week accidentally by the automated spam filters...  :-)

To leave a legacy that our kids can utilize and then pass on to the grandkids.My day job and career for the last 40 years has been in professional media production and for the last 12 years I've been running my own professional voice over business under my name - Troy W.