Brahm LevineAs a get started books, you could look at: "Legal, Tax & Accounting Strategies for The Canadian Real Estate Investor" by Seve Cohen & George Dube or Douglas Gray's "The Canadian Landloard's Guide"If you are thinking about mixed use or commercial properties, Pierre Boiron's "Commercial Real Estate investing in Canada" is thorough {and pricey}.As for general real estate investing concepts, analysis, and financing, you will find a wealth of knowledge on BP.Now ...

Hello Karen,my definition of CRE is sweeping.Hotels/Motels, Gas Stations, Office Buildings, Retail Buildings, Mixed Use properties with one store frontcan be CRE, Parking Facilities, Hospitals, MFH's, Industrial properties, land defined as commercial by town, Automotive, Restaurants, Day Care, Self Storage and many more.As PM I would purchase an Apartment Complex +25 or if possible an Office building.

Lots of casualties mixed with huge opportunity in all markets. 7.

Most probably answer I can see is one concrete truck ran out of concrete mid pour and they had a second truck come in to finish the pour and the second truck's mix had a different level of water content or one truck had calcium chloride added to the crete - or there was a dye that got into one of the concrete batches.

It is a 4-unit mixed use building and the only financing that I am aware of that would not need a large downpayment is the FHA 203k.

For example, last night, the Tech Crunch party was at a new swanky bar in downtown Austin that I couldn't get my bearings where it was...

Realtor list sites are a mix, as some have old listings, or short sales not called out as such.

In fact my wife and I both currently work in tech careers in San Francisco and J's story is a huge inspiration to us.Oh yeah, I've also listened to 22 of the 32 BP podcasts, in order, over the past 4-5 weeks whenever I get a chance (I probably could recite the podcast intro and outro in my sleep :).Anyhow, like J and his wife, my wife and I are both from back east (she's from Pittsburgh, I'm from Detroit), we just got married and we have a plan to spend a few more months in the Bay Area to shore up our startup capital before making the move back east to start a fix and flip and (and eventually buy and hold) business.I would love to get everyone's insight on the 3 markets we're considering settling and investing in -- as you can see each has its plusses and minuses but for us they all have to be weighed against the business opportunity:Our likely 1st choice: Pittsburgh -- prices here seem to be in the range we'd be looking for (average home price just over $100K, so our target purchase range would be $30-60K, with rehabs running about the same, though my numbers could be way off...); additionally there seems to be a good rental market here.

Not concerned about overspray since the walls will be done anyway after.Tried an HVLP with compressor, and that would take 3 days for a room.Reverted back to the brush and got frustrated after the first window.Bought a Wagner sprayer with cup,realizing they are consumer models,still expecting a half-way decent result: Very limited control, heavy beast in your hand, overspray like crazy combined with a pattern that is a mix of big droplets and almost bare spots.

Alternatively, fine sawdust works almost as well.Once you've done as he suggests, I'd mix Dawn with very hot water and scrub out the remaining stain that's absorbed into the concrete.