go to HD & menard's cuz decent prices and they have most stuff in stock. as you're finding out, time is $. plus, it's so much more convenient in terms of return policy, close to the jobsite, etc.i have gone to RESTORE before, however when I see something they have online, I go there and it's sold out. you can get a significant discount at some of these finds but i'm busy enough to have to shop around forever to save a couple bucks.i go on craigslist for appliances.

The article says some companies will be willing to take the small penalty for the large profit, do the math it won't last forever before the opposite is true.

Do you think we can continue to monitorize our debts forever without consequence?

The order of things is not going to continue forever because it can't get much worse before our society stops functioning.

What takes me a week to do will save me hours a week forever.  

He has yet to replace a furnace or roof.The 2% rule and 50% rule are very useful if you plan on holding the properties forever, but there are lots of ways to make money in real estate.Keep doing what you're doing, but plan for the big ticket items long in advance.Cheers.

How long should we wait to buy our 3,000sq home which we want to be our primary residence forever ?

Our future involves buying, rehabbing and renting sf hopefully forever in increasingly nicer areas until enough is enough and we are about half way there.

Or it would just take forever to save up enough to buy the next house each time (depending on my savings rate, of course).  

I really want to keep this home forever so the kids always have someplace that they felt like they can call home.