I posed two questions awhile ago I asked is there life after modification for investors, I had one faithful BP mod respond, second I asked this question 7 years ago of Henry Savage a columnist with the Washington Times Home Guide.

You may wanna consider starting a "Member Blog" about your remodeling process - http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs - as I think case studies and real life stories are so great for learning from.

Some good free books on Amazon are "Real-Estate made easy" by Brian Haskins "The Ultimate Real Estate Investing Blueprint" by Sean Terry "No Bs Real-Estate Investing" By Preston Ely and "Flipping Houses Exposed: 34 Weeks In The Life Of A Successful House Flipper" by Danny Johnson.

So the neighbor contact the Board of Health, once that happened, the conservation committee contacted us and proceeded to tell us that our property was on wetlands.

I've run into similar situations, less concerned about the wear and tear, as to whether the health department has a limit.

I remember a widow that was our 4th deal telling me when the deal was over she couldn't believe it when I showed up at her door but I was offering her a solution and then she told me she had two other properties to sell so she could get on with her life and asked us to help her on those.

And maybe there will be a itty bitty bit of networking value to tip the scales.Guru-rater John Reed has him on his crap list, fwiw, so probably a low-life upseller :)

I've been in SoCal my whole life.

Later I want to learn other types of real estate investments and grow to have a better life for my daughters and myself.

Hopefully one day I would be providing valuable insight to future members who are in my situation right now.Aside from working and family life, I've picked up running and I am currently training for my first Full Marathon!