They can seem ridiculous sometimes but overall they have kept it beautiful and it hasn't fallen to over-development.If it wasn't for groups like them, I can only imagine the crap that would get constructed.

The properties are being positioned into beautiful assets but the values they end up listed at might not get you your return goals.

In the first week we did the clean out of over 100 bags.

I definitely need to "thicken" my local network of lenders and get some more tools in the tool bag. 

But renters love the extra storage space to hoard all their useless junk and bags of household garbage .

Purchase price: $75,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Sale price: $144,000 ABSOLUTELY GEORGEOUS HOME - COMPLETELY UPDATED GRANITE COUNTERS WITH TILE BACKSPLASH IN THE KITCHEN & BOTH BATHS, STAINLESS STEEL STOVE, DISHWASHER & ROOF, CERAMIC TILE, CARPET, LIGHT FIXTURES, FAUCETS, BLINDS, INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINT, BEAUTIFUL FRONT DOOR WITH DECORATIVE GLASS, SOME INTERIOR DOORS & WINDOWS, BATH CABINETS, TUB AND TILE SURROUND WITH DECORATIVE BANNER, FRONT FENCE & GATES.

Purchase price: $285,000 Cash invested: $103,000 Sale price: $425,000 Beautiful Craftsman home in the Wood Streets.

It's like going on a first date while wearing a paper bag over your head... 

If the value tanks, which is a real possibility, then you're holding the bag.

Example #1 is an apt in a beautiful 1899 Evanston, IL Victorian. -- My landlord client rehabbed the garden apt which was great but I can't get him to update the #2 apt kitchen even just slightly (new floor and refacing cabinets). -- He has plenty of money and I am stumped since we have shown this unit a dozen times and they all say the same thing; "Too outdated."