In several years, I imagine I will ultimately have them refinished but I want a stop gap in the meantime.

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Ultimately it was not that bad of the remodel, in my opinion is was mostly cosmetic with a few fun parts.It took about 45 days for rehab roughly. 

Ultimately , will come to your specific goals and situation .  

I had a brief adventure with yellow letters for the purpose of wholesaling with a brother-in-law in early 2014; I learned a lot doing that, but ultimately we weren't fully committed and it fizzled out after sending out two waves of letters and talking to only a handful of people.

Welcome Bp Joe read ultimate beginners guide and you will find your niche also listen to podcast and Look at forums read a lot of Rei books and educate yourself ask pros question on forums they will help you . you will succeed in your journey good luck David c.

You should ultimately calculate all your figures and purchase price based on actual performance of the asset in the last 12 months. 

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Ultimately I don't need a place to live, I'm just interested in the 5% down so if the numbers work the numbers work.