Thankfully roof was in decent shape, just needed touch up and silver re-coating. 

this is an extremely busy forum, and I am curious how people read the forumsbeing an anal-retentive, obsessive compulsive type, I want to read every single post in every single forum I readthis is impossible to do on BPso, in the interest of seeing the most talked about threads, I just look at the trending discussions subforumI have a friend that goes to the "most recent posts" and goes down a page or three and opens what he thinks is interestingso- how does everyone else read BP?

The house was a foreclosure in bad shape; the cabinets were missing a drawer, a face, and one small piece of trim.

Other states and sectors would do well to follow the upskilling trend.

(@Chris Purcell the minimum head heights are 80" (6'-8"), but mind you that is from the standing point at the toilet) Currently the trend is for open space, but we are quickly finding that no storage results in a lot of clutter.

I got the building for a steal, but it was in VERY poor shape. 

That experience of having to balance work and school helped shape me into a frugal person and understand the value of the dollar.

Do your due diligence and look at market trends and the numbers on a city.

Hello James Myers To track spending I leverage the Mint trend tool.

Taxes, financing in place, general neighborhood and regional  market trends, rent trends, taxes and general expenses.