I'm always happy to chat REI locally, and would encourage you to come to the next meetup -- second Wednesday of the month at Pearl Street Grill & Bar downtown.

In January on grilling the PM staff they had no clue what left hand is doing and what right hand is doing.

It's a beautiful property with a pool, picnic benches, and grill stations,  on 1/2 acre in a great part of town.The appraisal shows that with the value I've added, there is significant equity growth.The issue is that I am having a difficult time finding a lender who will help me REFI out of my hard money loan.

I just don't want to have to look and experience the ugly rear staircase every day, especially in the summer when I am go to the yard daily to grill or play with the kids.  

(BBQ grills regarding charcoal or propane is a very different story though.)

Purchase price: $559,000 Cash invested: $27,950 This large 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage home on the corner lot offers pool and a grilling areThe kitchen overlooks the family room.

I removed popcorn ceilings, painted all walls (inside and out), replaced and changed out light fixtures (inside and outside), furnished the entire home, and created a fun outdoor space (fire pit, grill, picnic area, outdoor games - including wiffle ball!).

When someone wants a ribeye steak, they can pay $60 at a quality steakhouse, $25 at a national chain with a sneeze-guard salad bar, or $12 and cook it on their own grill.

So step 1 is figure out what you want to invest inStep 2 is to grill the sponsor on questions.

Using Minut (great for noise monitoring but undecided on cigarette-smoking as the 3 sets of guests it called out- 2 were iffy/possible and 1 insists no smoking but they grilled so more testing is in order still).