My business partner and I have an REI company called REvitalize Property Solutions LLC.

In fact, I am so anti-BS Guru, the selling the "easy money" dream crap drove me so crazy that was one of the major reasons I started FIBI over 6 years ago with Jeremy Roll.Because of the nature & the reemergence of real estate investing in the public eye, there is always a percentage of newbies & wannabe investors with most meetings, not just FIBI.

Of course this is easier said than done, the vast majority of properties in cheaper areas will not be the next trendy place to live.But it seems once a momentum builds and a neighborhood starts turning around the returns can be amazing.If you do your research and you buy in the path of development or revitalization versus just buying a dirt cheap property the payoff can be big.It seems it's easier to get in when prices are low in real estate versus the stock market.

Given the capital intensive nature of the business, why not parlay that into some excellent vacations and long-weekends?

You may want to consider natural light coming in the great room as well, since you're not going to have much light coming in from the front you may want to add more windows in the great room to bring in more light.

Many planned projects of this nature do not become a reality.You can get information on the likelihood of project coming to fruition by looking into zoning decisions that have been made by the local municipality.

There are a lot of really nice natural colors to choose from.

Nature's Miracle (normally used to remove pet stains) works well.

Naturally I chose the investor side of the story, so writing about this subject as a requirement really helps to understand what an investor should do in order to survive another crash.

So it is a natural fit.