The guy told me never give up on your dream and I told him I wanted to design my own Space shuttle before I died lol.

Toilet $200 (nice toilet)Vanity $400Top $150Faucet $1002 piece shower/tub unit $300Faucet for shower $150Flooring Vinyl $1/sqft1/4" flooring .50/sqftDrywall for around the shower $70Material for framing $50Plumbing material $300-$400All in all you could redo a bathroom, without doing your own work for roughly $3000 if you are smart about it.

It's been painted and the flooring--both carpet and tile--looks okay, both bathrooms would need some work.

It's been painted and the flooring--both carpet and tile--looks okay, both bathrooms would need some work.

RoofYard cleanup, landscapingpowerwash houseGut kitchen, bathsPaint Interiorredo kitchen and bathsrefinish wood floors lastRandom small jobs as they fit in.3-4 weeks max!!!

I was thinking about leasing the building as office space.

As for Real Estate investing, you're right to not necessariy waste money on courses and such, but as noobdog1 says be sure, sure, sure you know what you're doing when you play in this space.

I'm talking refinishing hardwood floors, painting doing most the kitchen and bathroom.

I live on the first floor apartment and have a tenant on the second floor.Tenant is great, single woman, professional, always pays on time...

If you leverage well, you should be able to buy roughly $5mil worth of income property, which sounds like what you're looking to do from the highrise comment you made.You may also consider commercial office and retail space.