But that would last all of one day...To me, sign shaking works best if it's right outside your retail store, or place of business.2.

Go here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/BarnardINC/file/70-repair-cost-formSimply fill in the costs after spending a great deal of time reseraching prices at the box stores.

They know where their parents power tools and crow bars are stored and they know how to use them. #2 is the homeless.

Every courthouse is different in how they store their records and how they let you research them.

In his Book 'Emerging Real Estate Markets', he labeled the 4 phases:1) Buyer's Market Phase I2) Buyer's Market Phase II3) Seller's Market Phase I4) Seller's Market Phase IIIt's easier for me to recognize which phase or 'stage' we're in when I hear the media or real estate professionals (i.e. investors, realtors, etc.) say we're in a 'Buyer's market' or a 'Seller's Market'.

[email protected] yea I deleted all forms of social media from my phone and life to lol.

And with the big stores popping up nearby is an even bigger plus.

Bigger Pockets to REI, is what Walmart is to department stores!

There's quite a few investors on here from Pittsburgh area and there's some good social media groups, Fb, meetup.com that are good and also have live networking events.

Good luck runnign to the box store from a mountain location becauwse you'll lose 1-2hrs in travel etc.Level of finish - Fire taping (level 1) in a garage is less than ready for flat paint (level 3) or semigloss walls (level 4) or wall paper (level 5) or various knock down finishes (what I think some are calling texture).one more is point up.