Good job to your team and big kudos to your wife for the tasteful staging!

Looking at appreciation in a short time span is too speculative for my taste.

My husband and I went back and forth on the duplex vs SFH when we were first buying, and went through all the pros and cons, too. 2 SFHs later we're planning to transition into a multi-family, now that we've gotten a taste for investing and cash flow, and are feeling a little more comfortable with being landlords.

It's possible it's my favorite drink in the world in terms of (taste + cost-value) combination!

Pockets of blood can ruin the taste.

The buyers may be able to work with her to make some changes to our fix-up (once I had a purchase agreement in place) so they could customize it to their taste.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2013/09/08/left-with-nothing/I was vaguely interested in tax lien investing, but I have to say this story put a sour taste in my mouth.

With that said, personal taste can be the kiss of death in investing - especially real estate investing.

no because it's too risky for my personal tastes.

Do you intend on investing in real estate still, or has this experience left a bad taste in your mouth?