The cats had crawled into every crevice and piece of HVAC duct work they could find to mark their territories...

Structural problems pending (rickety stairs, sagging roofline, things held together with duct tape, baling wire and fond wishes?)

Goals:Some Cash flowSolid InvestmentAppreciationPhoto: (Tan colored house)

If you watch HGTV you will see how many potential purchasers walk out because of paint color!

Clever use of color is good.

the shower surround in the bathroom is those small (i'm thinkin 4 x 4) tiles...i was going to tear out and replace, but then i heard about reglazing tiles to a new color...i have never heard of this....anyone have any experience refinishing tiles??

It could be about getting started investing in real estate, the best way to get a mortgage, the color of my dog's coat... whatever.

Additional advantages of Real Estate include: Leverage, slow but steady appreciation of the underlying asset over time, constant inflation-adjusted rent increases, and with inflation and time value of money your mortgage payment is technically going down as time goes on even though the dollar amount stays the same.My opinion here has one major caveat: If you have a knob-and-tube home that's being held together by duct tape, it is obvious that if you hold, you're going to see some serious expenditures.In other words, I'm talking about doing deals where the monthly cashflows add up to less than 1% of the purchase price on properties that aren't likely to have major repairs in the short-term / mid-term future- e.g. let's say the electrical and plumbing were all recently completely redone and after scoping the sewage line it was determined to be in great shape.

When a Judge tells me that melted crayons in my heating ducts and in every light fixture in the house is just normal wear and tear, then what can you expect your judge to tell you over some dust and dirt.Nancy Neville

Glad I dodged the bullet on that one, then inspector came back with roof problem, needed new ac and duct work to combat mold issues....