A good contractor may have better and/or more efficient ideas on how to do the repairs; get a couple bids.What does, "the re-inspection report indicated $4900 termite" mean?

Since this is a new venture, it may be wise (as Jon points out) to spend some time getting educated on a number of different strategies, and then choosing one that makes the most sense and can be executed with optimal efficiency and results.

You took such a big hit in that deal.

If we decide to sell it at some point, I know that if we lived in it 2 of the last 5 years we don't get hit with capital gains.

Just hit some bumps in the road, and curious what your day is like, what do I have to look forward to, what can take from what you all share and apply to my own daily planner...

The worker was oblivious of his looming problem until his back hit the wall 30 seconds later.

I have hit 6 figures of income from poker playing over the last couple of years but that has slowed down with current poker legislation affecting online play and time commitments at the hospital.

I understanding starting locally, paying your land lord dues and making your bones in areas close to home from a logistics point of view... but after you've done a few, is it wise to continue in a less efficient area or expand your horizons to better investment arenas?

I'm looking for ways to become more efficient in my work.

This sounds expensive to me.If you have to replace the outlets and covers in a kitchen you might have 10 bucks in cost and it certainly doesn't take 2 hours.You put a reader in the plug and hit breakers if not marked until it shows no power.Then you simply find the disconnected plug and replace.All of them should not have to be replaced.Now if they replaced some breakers on the service panel 130 is not bad because depending on the panel just one breaker can cost up to 15 bucks a shot.You want to use the same brand breaker when replacing on the panel.If you use and off brand or try to make on fit and then and arc or fire happens insurance will not cover you or pay the claim ."