We are in a shortage of entry level SF's right now so prices continue to rise and homes fly off the shelves, especially in the 175-290k range.  

There are built in wood book shelves on each side of the fire place that I thought of painting but then decided to just keep the wood look.

We have been eating with paper plates and cups since September 1st, and since we can't store anything in the kitchen, our dining room has become a storage area with plastic shelves, boxes and a china cabinet that acts as a pantry. 

I have shelves of books in my house from a wide variety of authors from Robert Kiyosaki and Robert Allen to Black and Decker's Book of Basic Wiring. 

You get past it eventually.One of the things that happens if you develop in this work is that you will eventually consider a point of pride is that nothing a tenant can say to you will ever bother you emotionally once you are in a conflict-laden situation.

Those are great to assemble IKEA cabinets and shelves.

I just had newly installed closet shelves collapse on my tenants thanks to a poor contractor decision.

It needs interior and exterior paint, new fixtures and appliances along with some new shelving and dry wall, and of course some yard work.

Someone else might have enough WFC that they collect more than enough in just dividends to cover their expenses, and they would laugh at your headache-laden RE investments, which they could never scale big enough fast enough to cover their expenses, whereas the click of a button get's them plenty of dividend income to live off very comfortably while compounding the rest. 

Window company people are trained for high-pressure, fear-laden pitches.9.