Kari,First welcome to the beautiful State of Alaska!  

Here are the few that I know of:  Lumber Liquidators in Albany.Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland.Sincere Home Décor in Oakland.

(beautiful for investors!)  

You are young and beautiful and you have set admirable goals for yourself.

I see that investors on this site often find themselves 80-90k 4 units buildings worth well over 140k making them absoultly beautiful deals to be involved in.

We moved to Seattle about a year ago and are still getting to know the area, but one thing we noticed was the beautiful older homes that need a little (or a lot) of love in our exploration.

Would you hire your contractor to decorate your home?  

It's a beautiful place!

My hobbies are hula hooping, gardening, walking my dog on the beach, beach worshiping, dancing, home decor, and volunteering to name a few. 

I have yet to actually invest into real estate yet, my move to Florida is only a month old and I'd like to be a little more settled in before I start tackling some investment properties.I have yet to decide whether to first take on some rental properties or a flip, since foreclosures seem to be common around here; I plan to further educate myself on both and learn these areas much better, hopefully by attending a real estate investor's club meetings.I'm not aware of the trends, the good, the bad, or anything down here, but I feel that there is plenty of potential in rental properties in such a beautiful, tropical, and popular spot such as South Florida.Well, there is my brief introduction, I have tons of scouting to do in this forum and books to purchase before really making anymore posts, but I'd  like to thank everyone ahead of time for all of the information and help  that you put out there!