If no HOA, I would drive around and see any higher priced homes - and make the driveway consistent with those houses, in order to maximize gains on any future sale. 

Most of that stuff is what my entire life has consisted of but with different products.

Going to be proactive and call on a few folks who I've seen to be pretty active and knowledgeable and put myself out there to see if we could connect: Chris Soignier, Hattie Dizmond, Jon Klaus, Mark Allen, David Veeder to name a few.Don't mean to alienate anyone as I'm a very network minded individual who sees the value in building solid relationships.As for investing, I'm actively pursuing a multi-unit (duplex to fourplex) to utilize as an owner occupant but an looking to ramp up additional units by the end of the year.I've gotten my foundation down and now want to get this knowledge into consistent action.Have some ideas and questions to share as well on the forums, pretty excited to get involved here and start returning the favor to BP and what it has provided.

Space savings, does not have to run as much to keep water hot while not in use, so there is some gas / electric savings and they tend to last a little longer than hot water heaters. they are a little more in cost to install. i do not have any in my rental properties but have one in my personal home and i like them. make sure it is sized for the amount of bathrooms and kitchen it is feeding. mine feeds 3 bathrooms and a kitchen and does just fine - brand is Takagi. 

You can do well with a handful of consistent buyers, but you need to treat them well to get them.  

Trust you gut and be patient and consistent. 

You have certainly lived by the proverb: Give a (wo)man a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a (wo)man to fish and you feed them for a lifetime!

Looking to add value to investors actively pursuing properties because we have consistently discounted property opportunity on our desk.

My yard looks greener than anyone else in the neighborhood and I only use scotts weed and feed last week and others in the neighborhood use professional companies and pay a lot more than I did for my $45 in fertilizer.

Many decades later, through other life lessons, I began to realize that people can only handle what they're capable of... and that facts are irrelevant to most (they feed on assumption and group-think, not facts).The most valuable lesson I eventually learned from this was that I should be thankful that others are the way they are - were it not for them, I would have a lot more competition and much less opportunity for profit.