Thank you,Adam Smith

Like @Cory Adams pointed out, many people made the decision to short sale based on the notion that your primary residence is an asset or investment and if it tanks you should dump it like a stock...

@Adam Schellhammer Hi Adam.  

Adam Smith would say that the free market would equalize itself, via the 'invisible hand.'

Adam,It seems that all the bathroom fixtures are original to the house.

@Chris Adams , you need to consider that you're really doing two different things, and you need to take them separately:- Flipping a house- Investing in buy/holdIf you don't consider them separately, it's possible that profit on one side can mask a loss on the other side.For example, you might take a $50k purchase, put in $20k of work, and have a house worth $100k at the end.

Bill,I see a row of soldier bricks acting as a dam and causing the problem.

Hi Adam,$50 an hour is way too much for painting and the like.

We're aiming to be 15min from Downtown Gtown and 15min from Adams Mill Rd (where my parents are).

Then there are areas that have had the same bandit signs up for a VERY long time, obviously the "sign police" nor the locals are not adamant about mowing those areas.City workers are off during weekends.