REI ultimately allows you to spend your time doing what you want to do (like helping out in Pakistan) instead of trading your time for money to make other people rich. 

I am a regional musician and work in the food distribution industry to pay the bills ;) I own on SF property in addition to my private residence and am very excited about building a real estate portfolio consisting primarily of Multi-Family properties.

Rich

hopefully you can find a contractor with experience who can give you an accurate quote of assessing water damage and what will need to be repaired.cost for termites may be another concern depending on how old the house is, how badly the roof is damaged - termites see open spaces for their meal to get started for their homes and food could spell trouble.

Additionally, there is some legal impact in selling REO off at a discount that is making its way down the food chain.

We were considering a food truck and even had friends willingly offer investment money, but the thought of sitting in that truck all day killed the deal for me.If we go for the rink, my spouse will be running it :) We have the opposite of your hot summers here, looooong white and cold winters, with not much to do for those that don't ski or hunt.

BTW, I love OPA (good food, good times)!

Wow, that is a really sad story Rich Henry, III.

Learned how to pull the estate papers off the internet without having to step food into the recorder's office.

They put in near Idaho Springs, which has a fun brewery (Tommyknockers) you can go to after your river trip for beers and pub food.