In any of these cases, it's cheap and easy to turn a two bedroom house into a three bedroom and add value.

Instead it will be half of a Christmas tree and the elf outfits)- Use cheap mini blinds, anything else will cost too much to replace Any way that is just a few

The theory of crowd funding as I understand it is a 1,000 people throwing in thier coffee money, it has to be managed, originating the loans, serviced and disbursed to investors, that is not free and I doubt it's a long term arrangement or will be cheap money.

a quick google search pulled up this chart of cost/sf:http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/interiorfloors/cost.htmlno idea how accurate it is but it reinforces randy's thoughts that it is not that cheap.

Buying cheap and renovating now requires a lot of upfront investment which will be financed by expensive dollars today.

I want all the cheap debt I can get because I can use it to buy much higher performing assets.

ill buy the cheap stuff they'll never see.

If you are doing the work yourself, I would suggest doing the expensive stuff and hiring someone to do the cheap stuff.

hi will.i am a mechanical engineer and do this on the side. i'd never give up my day job. it has great hours (8-5 is not half bad), flexible hours (i can take 2 hr lunch sometimes) and the best of all....i get paid twice a week.what you have going against you is the fact that there are no cheap properties close to where you live. i have it great... cheaper homes and a paying job close to me. i'd have to have 30 houses to even think about leaving work.oh yeah.... and i love the RE stuff more than my job. so, i know what you are going through.

When I wrote this post it was in response to areas such as O.C. where the market for fast deals at cheap prices has pretty much evaporated.