The best advice he gave me was ,  If you can throw 10 grand in the air and let it blow away and it wont affect your life , thats money you invest . if you cant afford to lose it , dont invest it .

Haha) You can see the culmination of this with the recently announced redevelopment on East Broadway around Shelby Street, which is also getting a lot of positive pressure from Paristowne just to the east of it.I've posted my feelings about this plenty of times on BP but inside 264 I feel pretty strongly that the next POPs are the Warehouse District (east Portland) and the eastern half of the Russell neighborhood (east of 22nd street).

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I am going to go a bit off topic here...I have been thinking about purchasing a rowing machine for a while now and this thread, and thinking about how much my physical activity has gone down in the last year (since I left the Air Force), is making me think about it even more.

You can make minor adjustments based on the type of appliances (dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, air conditioning, etc.) and the size of the rental.

Change the air filters, make sure sprinklers are set and watering, landscaping done, check on cracks and leaks, visually inspect roof, also checking for pets, and how many people living there. 

if so, all you're doing if you refinance them is putting pressure on yourself to beat the interest rate you'd be borrowing at.

You should have started eviction process IMMEDIATELY to keep pressure on the tenant to get help or move.

The approach they use is from the old days - brow beat you into signing on, VERY HIGH PRESSURE SALES MEN, telling folks they are getting a 50% off the scholarship from $20K price tag, only available during the call.

There is a lot of confusion around this law so on this podcast Jerry interviews Gary Pickren, a SC lawyer and member of the SC real estate commission to clear the air.