Is it a CMU wall (a block wall), a cast-in-place concrete wall, or something else?  

Likewise, the traditionally Polish/Slavic neighborhoods to the near southwest are showing promise.As for other markets, think about the entire 50-mile corridor south of Milwaukee and stretching to the Illinois border.

We have a resident in Kansas that has over 100 broken concrete statues in their yard that are painted in bright colors.

This necessitates busting out some concrete where the beams will sit, placing beams and re-pouring it, as well as tying the beams into the joists above.

So I thought well maybe I can put a precast concrete porch in, those don't require footings, easy peasy.

No fences to have to upkeep, a basic deck on the back of them, all concrete stained floors, wooden cabin looking walls so no Sheetrock or paint to be done.

At $150k, I can bring in 10 'new' trailers that would be probably preferred to 'polishing a turd' as my father would say.

. $6000) and concrete work outside (est $2000).

It takes quite a bit of time to tear up, possibly repair subfloor if they just glued it to that (unless its on concrete), lay down new, and then lower base trim, toe kick, and standing door trim.

., give concrete examples of what I am doing or plan to do), but for now I wanted to get the ball rolling and hear your opinions on the matter.