However, with this option your money will not be working as hard for you with the power of leverage.  

I often mis-quote this saying:  "Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is power"

It's on the corner of two busy streets with a train line in the backyard and a bridge over top as well as power lines.

My best friend told me about the podcast a couple weeks ago and I've been powering through them since.

I have found that the 110 volt floor sanders that you would rent to do this yourself are nowhere near as powerful as the 220 volt floor sanders that professionals use on floors.  

The other one was interested, but he has a tricky situation:He is a son and power of attorney for a mother.

Because you're still showing a property you do not own legally.However, if you learn how to close a deal in your name and then sell and you can show a pattern of buying and selling,I doubt any regulator would violently object if your buyers were asking that you add a deck, new cabinets and appliances while specifying colors.......but technically, you are not to  advertise or show real estate that you do not have legal title to;  exceptions, acting as a licensed agent, estate settlements by the administrator/executor or with a power of attorney under specific directions and not for profit.....states may vary. 

The thing I find most disturbing in all of this is the people who pay $40,000 to a guru teaching one “technique” for real property “riches” when they could have spent much less on an entire program at a well known educational institution and been provided a world class education of all aspects of real estate investment, finance, and development, which would have provided a basis for a successful career in many aspects of our industry.  

, meaning "favor given" or "gift of grace") has two senses: 1) Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, 2) A divinely conferred power or talent.[1Charismatic people get far in live period.

I could do the work myself but cannot get around the permits as the power needs to be shut off at the street to accomplish the work.