:)So, get a big pile of investment money, then invest REALLY WELL (and get lucky to boost the average rate of return) is probably the best bet.If you are purely asking from a REI perspective, I would think you would need to be investing continuously and heavily and identifying and jumping on markets when they hit the bottom and riding them on the way up.  

Maybe the curb appeal is lacking and could use a good refreshing.

BTW:  This is all taking place at the front curb and her performance may have been substantially for the neighbor audience.At some point she steps in, pokes me in the chest and starts says:  You Will Do . . . 

Easiest way to boost your equity by helping your block become more appealing to honorable people.See if you can draw neighbors into conversations about never tolerating any type of drug dealing on the block.

In the past year the government has been on FHA to boost their reserves from the losses on the mortgage insurance.How did FHA put a plan in motion??

Rather than have the city curb stop dug up in the middle of winter, we into the apartments and had the tenants turn on their cold water in every spigot.

Whether that's the price, amenities, curb appeal, or anything else.

Central banks around the world have been aggressively flooding economies with cheap money which has from what I'm seeing boosted asset prices through the roof but done little to stimulate real growth.

To unilaterally throw those to the curb, IMO, is a little irresponsible.

Just as important as location, location, location is, I put equal value on curb appeal or appearance in the interior of the home.