It can be due to some unexpected expense, some unforeseen health condition that requires spending lots of money or may be simply because planning out the monthly budget ended up costing huge amounts of money.

I want to give 50% of the stake of all profits, and at the end of our agreement pay them all the money they spent on advertising and on my salary plus 25% interest.I'm not sure where to look for these individuals without spending a lot of money to join investor clubs and put the word out there.

They get pretty serious about protecting that as you are dealing in the hundreds of millions/billions range.Found this on youtube when a student stole a Berkeley professor's laptop:http://www.youtube.com/watch?

I don't even know if they still have the deposit or they spend it.

And the way I see Jon is that you have to spend money to make money, for all that interest you pay is for an investment purpose and is 100% tax deductable.

Imagine not eating for a day because you had to spend what little money you had available on caulk.

This site is absolutely free (thanks to Josh) and no-one needs to spend a penny if they don't want to.

I spend a large portion of my time personally rehabbing properties to rent out (not the most effective use of my time, probably, but I enjoy it), but I think that should be considered a separate activity.

Dan, I think prices vary quite a bit across the country, but here's some ballparks from my area (SC)1) Kitchens...too hard to say since there are so many degrees of finish, but expect to spend a large portion of your rehab budget here2) For a small bathroom in a typical rental, I'd say 4-6k.

Carpet aren't good if you have pets, if you want to spend too much for hiring a cleaner's then you must removed your carpet or you clean it yourself.