She used to throw down a handful of raw macaroni when she left the house.

Financing throws off ROI given it is a commercial property and shorter term.

If we want to really make it look "finished" on the cheap, we add some 1x4 baseboards and paint them white, put a big throw rug down, hang a few pieces of artwork on the walls, maybe a fichus tree in the corner if you have one ... we pull these items out when we sell it.

throw it on craigslist & ask 'em how long to paint it & rate per hour & then cap it by saying you'll pay the a flat rate (ie, $17/hr x 3 hours = $51 labor only by the job). make sure you include in your post you will be buying the material. here's the trick to figure out if they're a good painter or not (not guaranteed but nothing is when you're trying someone new) - "do you need tape?"

Based on that one comp, your house would appraise at $126,000.Lets throw in some other factors.

Throw in banks unwillingness to lend, and you have a very mixed up housing market.How would our housing market look if the government never got involved?

Get a library card and read every single real estate investing book in the library twice.2, Go to the bookstore and read every new book twice,or until they throw you out.3.

This will generate more income than just parking it in a CD or savings account AND if you set the parameters correctly your risk is not very much more than a CD.Then, when your real estate is throwing off real cash each month over and above what you need (or want) to spend each month you can look at other options for that money.

I am guessing you probably have 2 or 3 options you would throw at them.

But he was right, I should have asked more questions, including what could you throw in to make your offer better?