I ran a free ad and some guy came to get it to plant flowers in.Those deals that you got are awesome.

These include:-Painting the garage-Removing some dead trees and cleaning up the yard-Installing flower boxes in the front and under the windows-Repairing all driveway/garage floor cracks-Painting the inside of the house-Repairing appliances-Fixing a leaking roof and damaged gutter-Installing new SOD and landscapingNot quite as good as the addition and new garage cited above but all of these things reduce maintenance costs and improve the value of the properties.

I love to garden (flowers and vegetables) and raising my own eggs and roasters sounded like a logical extension.

I'm working Columbus Day as well.Sarah, I'm going to try to make it at least for a drink, but I just remembered I have a birthday party to attend.

One year ago we set out a plan to flip a couple of properties in order to accomplish a financial goal by our 2016 birthdays - both in June.

One a failure with similar symptoms to yours, but our smelly brown liquid came to the surface in the flower bed at the front of the house.

Offer her lots of money, trips, and flowers :)for your non-owner occupied properties the 1031 exchange is available to sell and buy more investment real estate as long as it has been your intent to hold for productive use.  

Best to get the dirty tenants out, but for the good ones a small Christmas present or birthday card with movie tickets goes a long way!

Do trim bushes and mulch flower beds?

Still cheaper than to rent a hall which has restrictions for the special occasions----  I host birthday parties, bridal showers, bachelor parties, reunions, and even Church groups and Cheerleading groups.