(We decided not to do a formal lease; we have enough of a relationship by now that I trust him in a house we technically own for another week.)We are rehabbing our former home right now, but as soon as we finish working on that house, we'll tackle our beautiful new sub2 and get it on the rental market.So that's how it happened!

I'm always naturally suspicious when someone claims to have a "special" connection in buying real estate.

Walking on a thick laminate should not feel cushy, but wood has a natural "bounce" that is bigger than concrete.If you can hear anything being squeezed, then it is probably bad.Before I paid the contractor, I would probably ask him to pull out a corner and show how he installed.

We wanted to inspect the property right then, but the guy took advantage of my partner's good nature and we didn't.

Sherwin Williams Kilim Beige or Behr Natural Almond.

I fell in love with his beautiful family.

Waterbury seems to have a decent number of somewhat distressed 3-4plexes selling for under 20k, which would require maybe 20-30k worth of rehab and redecoration to get in rental shape (certainly not to get them beautiful).

Alex, I agree with Jon's suggestion, it depends on the nature of admitting other members and the number of members to be admitted.

Would you do it slowly upon natural turnover or do it at all once?

Naturally, we are looking for a building in need of renovation - since we have to bomb-proof it anyway.