It means that the dust is minimized and cleaned up when they're finished.Even if you're never going to do any work yourself (which I don't recommend) you should be knowledgeable of trade terms, procedures and practices.

i'm all for people reaching their goals.and yes, 17k is a good amount of money...and i'd hate to see someone attempt to buy property in or near NYC, with only 17k in the bank and watch it all go right out the window.to me, you've got to move where the market is improving and where it is affordable.surely NYC and long island is not the ideal place to START.now if your 17k was 170k - then we're talking.

Your scores will start to improve as your realign your debt---once your current debt to available credit ratio is between 30-35%, you will start to see improvements in your FICO?

Infrastructure Trend: The one consistent improvement I see everytime I visit (and I do mean everytime) is that there is always a casino being built/remodeled (I imagine that this is a perpetual event)---this isn't infrastructure in my opinion.

Looking to improve what we currently do...Always!

I made improvements over the next 8 months.

I intend on buying and holding and improving the worn apartments over time as they turn over.

Worse would be to sink money into a property and then find out that someone has a senior claim so they get your improvements for free.Do better deals so there is margin to pay for a property escrow.

Even if there was a formal assumption (not likely to get approved) you would still retain liability behind the LLC for the loan.Depending on the state practices you can use a RE attorney or just a title company to effect the change.

As you need time for the credit score to improve get time on your side.John Corey